ISLAMABAD: Federal ministers on Monday advised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to accept the court’s decision regarding the arrest Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif as the time for separate laws for rich and poor has passed.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad flanked by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Shahzad Akbar on Monday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said that PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz had today claimed to be born-rich.
He said that there is nothing wrong with making money with hard work, but when an investigative agency asks for resources, they do not answer, adding that they consider themselves above the law and their attitude is even more arrogant than that of kings.
Shibli Faraz said that they consider it a disgrace to answer questions but when they are in power and the institutions work according to their intentions, that s fine, adding that their leader's assets, children and capital are abroad. “What is Nawaz Sharif's stake in this country,” he asked.
The ministers went on to say that Prime Minister Imran Khan had built a house with his earnings before politics and it was during the PML-N government that the Supreme Court declared him honest and trustworthy.
He further said the bail plea of PML-N president was dismissed because he failed to satisfy the Lahore High Court, adding that the opposition leader could not present any evidence in his support.
Speaking on the occasion, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Shahzad Akbar while taking a jibe at the PML-N leadership said that this is the money earned through kickbacks.
He said that PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif a very clever man, adding that Maryam Nawaz made a false statement.
“The court remarked that Shehbaz Sharif was involved in organized money laundering,” he said and added there are 16 accused in this case.
Shahzad Akbar went on to say that the younger Sharif laundered money using his wife’s account, adding that he bought his second wife lands and property.” NNI
