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National Reconciliation Ordinance

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The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was issued by the former president of Pakistan General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on October 5, 2007[1].

It granted amnesty to politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, embezzlement, money-laundering, murder and terrorism between 1st January 1986 and October 12th 1999. The NRO states:

"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sub-section(1), the Federal Government or a Provincial Government may, before the judgment is pronounced by a trial court, withdraw from the prosecution of any person including an absconding accused who is found to be falsely involved for political reasons or through political victimization in any case initiated between 1st day of January, 1986 to 12th day of October, 1999 and upon such withdrawal clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply."

The former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, suspended this ordinance on October 12, 2007.[2] But he was soon dismissed after Musharraf abrogated the constitution on November 3, 2007. The new Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar revived the NRO on February 27, 2008.[3]

Reasons

It has been widely believed that the act was a measure to allow the Late Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to return to Pakistan without any legal consequences due to the filed cases. However, Musharraf had claimed that it was necessary to build a reconcilliatory theme in the political arena with the annulment through the NRO of such politically motivated cases. Musharraf stated in an interview that cases had been in the courts for a decade without any judgement being passed and were hampering political progress of virtually all political parties [4].

NRO Beneficiaries

Select NRO beneficiaries include:

References

  1. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=10487
  2. ^ http://www.dawn.com/2007/10/13/top1.htm
  3. ^ http://www.dawn.com/2008/02/28/top5.htm
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i3NbGz9VV8
  5. ^ http://news.webindia123.com/news/ar_showdetails.asp?id=710170735&cat=&n_date=20071017

Syed Muhammad Ali Shah

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