Shehbaz arrest: NAB doctor declares opp leader ‘fit’ to be produced in court

Pakistan’s accountability bureau has arrested the leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif for involvement in a  housing scheme scam. 

He will appear before an accountability court on Saturday.

The former Punjab chief minister was at the National Accountability Bureau office in Lahore,  appearing in the Saaf Pani (Clean water) case. His white land cruiser returned from the office without Shehbaz in it.

Shehbaz allegedly cancelled the contract of a company that won the bidding for the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing scheme and awarded it to another company, Lahore Casa Developers. This caused a loss of Rs6 million to the national exchequer. Lahore Casa Developers is a proxy of Paragon City, which is said to be owned by Khawaja Saad Rafique.

In March, Rafique had distanced himself from Paragon.

“This is just the first arrest,” said Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. “More people will be held accountable for their actions.”

Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hasan Chouhan said that it was NAB’s right to arrest Shehbaz. “Why do they see democracy in danger when they come under scrutiny? The former chief minister is getting the reward of his deeds,” he said.

PML-N leader Uzma Bukhari termed the arrest as “new wave of revenge”. She said that the government is using the anti-graft body for revenge.

Pakistan Peoples Party leader Khursheed Shah said that the government should stop ‘vengeful investigation’. “Arresting a public figure in such a manner is insulting the law,” he remarked.

Article source: https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/10/nab-detains-shehbaz-sharif-in-lahore/