NAB rejects Hamza Shehbaz’s claims regarding 'dictated action'
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 13, 2019
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has rejected claims made by Punjab Assembly’s opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz that NAB director general was taking action against him ‘under duress’, ARY News reported Saturday.
Hamza Shehbaz, earlier in the day, had cited Punjab’s NAB director general as saying that he was taking action against the Sharifs under pressure.
Hamza alleged that NAB chief also demanded him to withdraw a resolution from Punjab Assembly that cast doubts on his academic degree.
He went on to say that DG NAB stated he didnt want to arrest him. “He even asked me reasons for filing a bail application.” Hamza had also alleged NAB DG suggested him to sign a deal with the government. The PML-N leader further said the NAB’s director general also stated: “We don’t see it good to summon you again and again.”
In the clarification, the NAB spokesperson said DG NAB Lahore had never spoken to Hamza about his degree. “The allegations leveled by the PML-N leader are all baseless and unfounded.”
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The spokesperson said concrete evidence was found against the Sharif family against money laundering.
He insisted that the NAB was an independent institution and it was not working under any pressure.
The NAB said money transferred to Sharifs’ family accounts’ was through money laundering. The State Bank of Pakistan had also lodged a complaint against it, he added.
Hamza had also regretted that illness of Nawaz Sharif was being ridiculed. He appealed the courts to summon him so he could lodge his protest of ‘mistreatment’ being doled out by some quarters.