Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi called for a special committee to be formed to investigate National Accountability Bureau’s allegations against former premier Nawaz Sharif.
NAB ordered on Tuesday an inquiry against Nawaz Sharif and others for allegedly laundering $4.9 billion to India. According to a NAB statement, the chairman of the bureau took notice of media report which made the claims.
While speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, the premier remarked that a serious allegation has been leveled against the former prime minister.
“NAB head should be summoned before the parliament and share where he got this information from,” he said, adding that a special committee should probe into the matter.
The allegations leveled against Nawaz are quite serious, he said. “What will be the country’s future if institutions level such serious allegations against its politicians?
"If an institution can make such allegations, then it must be investigated all that is happening in it", PM Abbasi said.
“It is our right and obligation to bring such issues before the parliament. The truth should be brought out before the people,” he asserted.
The premier also said that the accountability court is hearing cases against Nawaz and his family. “We don’t expect justice from the court. We don’t see justice being dispensed,” he added.
