Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday strongly criticized the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for launching a probe against ousted prime Minister Sharif, involving alleged money laundering to India. “We can’t see justice being done anywhere,” said the prime minister. “Why does a suspect have to present himself three times in one day before NAB?”. Shahid Khaqan was referring to NAB’s press release from yesterday Tuesday.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said a parliamentary committee should be constituted to investigate the allegations of laundering four point nine billion dollars to India levelled by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The prime minister said that NAB’s press release claimed that Nawaz Sharif had sent money to India.
“Sending money to an enemy country is a serious allegation,” he said. Prime Minister Abbasi said that a special committee should be constituted. The committee should summon NAB representatives and ask them how they conduct their investigations, said Abbasi
Speaking in the National Assembly, he said the committee should summon the Chairman and other officials of the NAB and seek evidence and relevant record from them in support of their allegations.
The Prime Minister pointed out that the institution of NAB was established by a military dictator to change the loyalties of members and break up the political parties. He regretted that the political parties failed to make the NAB such an institution which fulfills the requirements of justice and play its due role against corruption.
Later, Naveed Qamar of PPP said his party will respond to the proposal of constitution of committee on the matter following consultations. Mahmood Khan Achakzai also supported the idea of constitution of the committee. He said if the allegations proved wrong, action should be taken against the NAB Chairman.