Govt decides to challenge LHC order allowing Shehbaz to travel abroad
Government has no personal vendetta against the Sharif family: Fawad
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal government on Sunday announced that it has decided to challenge Lahore High Court (LHC) order which allowed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad.
Addressing a press conference along with Shahzad Akbar, Fawad Chaudhry argued that letting Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad will mean a special treatment for him while other prisoners languish in Pakistani jails.
He added that granting permission to Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif will give an impression that influential people could make a mockery of the justice system.
The minister stressed that the government has no personal vendetta against the Sharif family and it is only fighting against the organized corruption committed in 20 years during the reign of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan People s Party.
Speaking on the occasion, PM’s aide on Accountability Shahzad Akbar announced that government will file an appeal against the LHC decision and will also present its case before the court regarding stopping PML- Shehbaz Sharif from going abroad.
He said that the PML-N leaders secured a decision in favor of Shehbaz Sharif over his name’s inclusion in the blacklist, however, when they reached the airport, it emerged that his name was on the PNI list.
Castigating PML-N leadership,he said they were misleading the people that Shehbaz’s corruption has not proved and hoped that the Sharifs would have to answer their large scale plundering.
The supreme leader of PML-N Nawaz Sharif had already been declared absconder by court of law. Every Pakistani citizen is bound under law to help implementing court orders of bringing back the proclaimed offender to force him to surrender himself before the law.
In a corruption case against Shehbaz some 13 witnesses have so far testified against him from out of a total of 100 witnesses.The remaining will also testify subsequently.
Castigating PML-N mantra that there is no evidence against Shehbaz, he quoted NAB ordinance which says having assets beyond means by a public holder is the sufficient evidence of his corruption.
Having assets more than his known income sources is evidence of public office holders corruption.
Documentary evidence is available that Shehbaz had paid Rs 4.9 million custom duty of his vehicle from the amount transferred in his personal by his wife Nusrat Shehbaz. Nusrat Shahbaz had received the same Rs4.9 million through the TT transactions. Shehbaz did not receive the money directly but his wife received the corruption money and subsequently transferred to his account.
Likewise, Nusrat Shehbaz claimed ownership of 810 Kanal land in Chunian was gift from her husband whereas the same land is still in the name of Shehbaz Sharif in FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) record.
Similarly billions of rupee worth property was transferred to Tehmina Durrani through suspicious means.
Nawaz and Shehbaz have miserably failed to share their sources of income for purchasing billions of pounds property abroad.
The Court of Public Opinion should asks Shehbaz who were Manzoor Paparwala and others who transferred billions of rupee in their accounts through TT.
Due their large scale money laundering the name of Pakistan has been pushed into grey list, he said.
Responding to a question, he praised National Accountability Bureau Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal for recovering over Ts 400 billion from corrupt elements and depositing into national exchequer.
He urged journalists to share investigation report against Shehbaz Sharif in public so that the people could know the volume of corruption by their past rulers.
