THREAD:
How the ammendment in NAB ordinance is an NRO for Nawaz Sharif?

The article under which NS was convicted is 9a(v) of the NAB ordinance. It states that a person will be punished for corruption if he has assets that are disproportionate to his known sources of income. 1/n

Now in this amendment the article has been ammended and "through corrupt and dishonest practices" has been added. This means that now besides proving assets beyond means, prosecution will also be required to prove corrupt practices.

To add credence to the fact that asset beyond means is in fact corruption, listen to what Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has to say about it. https://twitter.com/mobeen_hameed/status/1504187281619529728?s=20&t=P4IQJDRDV6MaOIFTMIRc2w

Similarly article 14 of the ordinance has been omitted. Section c of this article provided that if it is proved that the person has an asset which he cannot reasonably account for, the court shall presume that that corrupt practices have taken place.

Article 21(g) has been omitted. The article provided that Qanun e Shahadat order will not apply in case an evidence is transferred to Pak from a foreign govt. In NS's case the JIT had got multiple documentary evidence from foreign governments using MLA.

Now one may wonder how this may affect NS who has already been convicted. The ammendment shall deemed to have taken effect from 1999, which means that when High Court listens to the appeal of NS, they will decide according to the current diluted form of the ordinance.

The govt. has truly exposed why it wanted to come back into power: to end cases where they have already been convicted.