ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday challenged the government to reveal the names of those who wanted the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
While talking to the media outside the accountability court in Islamabad, Nawaz said, “No member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has contacted the government seeking an NRO and they should reveal their names of those who did.”
Furthermore, he avoided questions regarding his meeting with Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Monday and said that he respected him a lot.
“I do not wish to speak to the media regarding my meeting with him and only want to share the details with my party and Shehbaz Sharif,” he added.
Commenting on PML-N President Shehbaz’s arrest, Nawaz said, “He worked very hard and with honesty. The work he did while risking his life is in front of the entire nation and not just the people of Punjab.”
“No other provincial chief minister in the country’s history has worked the way Shehbaz did,” he said, adding that “he deserves all the praise but he is in jail and NAB’s custody”.
He further questioned the reason for all the ongoing chaos and said, “Can anyone tell why all this is happening?” adding that “corruption worth a single rupee was not proven yet Shehbaz was called in the Saaf Pani case”.
The former prime minister further said, “Since there was nothing to the Saaf Pani case, the anti-graft body arrested him in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case. Now, that they cannot find any evidence against him in the housing case so they are saying that he owned assets beyond known sources of income.”
“This is all very upsetting. Where do we want to take Pakistan?” Nawaz asked.
Earlier, Sharif had avoided questions regarding Prime Minister Imran Khan’s NRO statement, saying he did not listen to the PM’s address.
Nawaz had appeared before the accountability court in Islamabad for the hearing of the National Accountability Bureau’s references against him when he was bombarded with questions by journalists regarding the PM’s address.
When asked about Saudi Arabia’s financial deal and PM Imran’s address he had said, “I seldom watch TV and did not listen to his [Imran’s] address.”
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