Misuse of powers
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s decision to form a committee to look into the allegations of misuse of powers by top officials of the country’s major regulatory bodies should help bring transparency to the boardrooms of these entities. Calls for the scrutiny of such powers were triggered last month when a Senate panel raised questions over the SECP chairman’s extraordinary salary and allowances reportedly amounting to Rs381m in addition to other perks. Later, it transpired that the legal framework........
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