Dr Asim's fate to be decided as per law: Ch Nisar
Chaudhry Nisar talked to media in Wah Cantt.
WAH CANTT (Web Desk) – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is interrogating PPP leader Dr Asim Hussain and his fate will be decided as per law, Dunya News reported.
Talking to media in Wah Cantt, he said that the Interior Ministry has received Rangers’ investigation report and now the NAB has launched probe into the matter.
Nisar’s statement comes three days after Karachi police registered a case against Dr Asim, a close aide of former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, under Anti-Terrorism Act of 1999.
The Interior Ministry has also put his name on the Exit Control List (ECL).
The former petroleum minister was arrested by Sindh Rangers from the office of Higher Education Commission in Clifton on August 26, 2015 on charges corruption and his role in terror financing.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar stated that the government is ready to address Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s reservations on Karachi operation.
He said situation in the metropolis has changed a lot since launch of the targeted action in 2013.
The operation will be expedited in coming days, he added.
Nisar reiterated that Karachi operation was launched after taking all the political parties into confidence.
