NCHR unable to probe allegations against NAB

(media92news online)
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) has said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not allowing them access to its detention centres which is a violation of law.
After the death of a professor in NAB’s custody and the allegations about CCTV cameras in lock-ups had surfaced, a letter was written (in December 2018) to the anti-graft body with the request to allow a team of the commission to inspect the places of detention, said NCHR chairman retired Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan while addressing a ceremony that was held at a hotel on Wednesday to launch a report.
He said the commission, which was established under the National Commission for Human Rights Act, 2012, was mandated to work for promotion and protection of human rights with the powers to take suo motu action in cases of human rights violation.
The NCHR chairman said NAB did not bother to give a reply to its letter despite the fact that law authorised the commission to visit all detention and entrapment centres across the country.