NAB to continue to function with a changed name: Sanaullah

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah has hinted at changing the name of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), saying that the anti-graft watchdog will continue to function.

Talking to the media outside the parliament on Saturday, the PML-N leader said that the institution was founded to take revenge, however, the PML-N will never take revenge on someone.

"Accountability is something which is very important for the society. The NAB will not be dissolved, however, we will change its name," added Sanaullah.

Talking about the resignation of National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri, the PML-N leader said that he should not have resigned as almost 70 per cent of the PTI members did not want to resign.

Earlier, PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had said that the newly-elected government — led by Shehbaz Sharif — needs to get rid of NAB.

He had said that there are institutions in Pakistan to hold people accountable for their wrongdoings. "It has been 23 years since NAB's establishment, but it has not been able to convict any of the politicians for their crimes," he had added.