PTI govt secretly empowers advisers, assistants to access 'sensitive documents'

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The report says that the incumbent government has amended subsection 12 of Rule 20, empowering the advisers and special assistant to PM Imran Khan at par with the ministers, who take oaths under the Constitution of Pakistan.
Following the amendment, the advisers and assistants to the PM, who assume their offices without taking oath under the Constitution, are now authorized to access the sensitive documents, including confidential summaries and agreements with other countries, of the state.
یہ تحریک انصاف خدانخواستہ پاکستان کیساتھ کیا کرنےجارہی ہےجو یہ فیصلہ کرنا پڑا🤔🤔
— Ahmad Afridi (@ScorpionAfridi) September 25, 2018
میڈیاسےخفیہ رکھتےہوئے1973کےائین کی شق میں ترمیم کرکےمشیروں کوپاکستان کےخفیہ قومی دستاویزات تک رسائی کااختیاردےدیاگیا۔ pic.twitter.com/otxfWPPtxL
Earlier, there was mention in the Rules of Business that only minutes of the cabinet meeting will only be shared with the ministers.
(12) The Cabinet Secretary shall circulate to the Ministers a copy of the aboverecord for perusal and return within 24 hours of issue.
The amendment, which was reportedly passed by the federal cabinet on September 5, was not mentioned by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry as he was briefing the media about the decision taken by the cabinet.
The news channel further claimed that all ministries have been asked to bring 65 copies of the summaries, which will be discussed in the cabinet meeting, in order to distribute them among the ministers, advisers, and special assistants.
The covert move raises questions over the transparency pledged by the ruling party as the advisers and special assistants to the PM, including Imran Khan's close aides Naeemul Haque and Zulfi Bukhari, have been quietly given more authority.
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