- PTI chairman blames Nawaz for sending letter to NAB against Assad Qaiser
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday discussed the corruption charges against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar.
“If the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) didn’t initiate an investigation against Qaiser, then who submitted the letter,” he said while talking to reporters here. Answering his own question, he remarked that the letter was sent by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
He asked Asad Qaiser to investigate into the matter and approach the court. The NAB had initiated an inquiry against the speaker over alleged corruption and misuse of powers. The bureau had asked Qaiser to share details of his five-kanal bungalow worth Rs350 million.
In his response, Qaisar said that he had purchased land in Bani Gala in 2012 before his party came into power in the province. Speaking on the Panama case, Imran said that the lies the Sharif family told in the court had come out in the open. First they claimed that Maryam Nawaz’s name was not in the Panama case but eventually her name came up, he remarked.
However, he refused to comment when asked about the verdict of the Panama case. He also said that that the government was misappropriating tax money to post advertisements. “The government has misused public funds for their own personal means. They have used around Rs 25-30 billion for their own means,” he claimed.
Replying to his allegations, State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the PTI chairman feels no remorse in needlessly blaming other people. “The people of Pakhtunkhwa wrote the letter against the speaker,” she said. She also said that PTI leaders start crying as soon as corruption charges are leveled against them.
