Discussion underway for developing consensus on Charter of Economy: Nadeem Afzal Chan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 20 (APP):Spokesperson to Prime Minister Nadeem Afzal Chan on Thursday said that discussion was underway for developing consensus on charter of economy (CoE).

“We are working on the task of CoE, and in that regard, the talks were under progress with stakeholders," he stated while talking to a private news channel programme.

About National Accountability Bureau (NAB), he said that the institution and judiciary were working independently. He, however said that there was need to expedite the process of accountability in a befitting manner.

As far as NAB inquiry was concerned, he said that the cases regarding former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, had been registered during the regimes of the past governments.

Nadeem Afzal Chan said the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government did not file the cases against the leaders of PPP and PML-N. He admitted that there were weaknesses in some institutions which should be improved for better results.

In reply to a question about process of justice system, he said the country had been lagging behind in this matter but indispensable of justice was imperative for achieving progress.

To another question he said, we were not claiming that all was well and  added that all the institutions were performing better than before.

Nadeem Afzal Chan stated that it was also the responsibility of the provinces to show results in their respective areas following the 18th amendment.