However, the NWFP legislation has materially improved on the model of other Provinces by (i) widening the scope of the activities of Ombudsman (ii) extending it to the district level, over and above the provincial (iii) giving it a more operational role, although that role has to materialize through the authorities and agencies of the provinces and in pursuance of laws operating in the province and (iv) along with lawyers, civil servants and dignitaries including those Ulama who are qualified to become judge of the Federal Shariah Court in the category of persons who can be appointed Muhtasib or Member of the Hisba Council.
The Bill does not give any discretionary authority to Ombudsman over and above the law of the land. Its instructions would be implemented through the administrative machinery of the province — judiciary, police and others.
