Files acquittal plea in Ashiyana Housing case
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the Inter-Services Intelligence on Saturday on the arrest of the leader and founder of the banned Baloch National Army Gulzar Imam.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, the premier offered “heartfelt felicitations to the ISI” for conducting the “brilliant operation” which led to Imam’s arrest.
“This operation speaks of outstanding professionalism of our institutions,” he stated.
The prime minister further said that the arrest would help suppress militancy in Balochistan and “usher in a new era of peace”.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his special adviser Ahad Cheema Saturday filed pleas in an accountability court of Lahore seeking their acquittal in Ashiyana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.
Lawyer Amjad Pervez filed the acquittal pleas on behalf of Prime Miniser Shehbaz Sharif and Ahad Cheema.
“No corruption was proved in the supplementary investigation report of National Accountability Bureau,” they stated in their pleas.
“The NAB declared [us] innocent in the supplementary investigation report. There is no evidence against us,” they added and demanded their acquittal in the case. The co-accused including Nadeem Zia Pirzada and Kamran Kiyani had appeared before the court.
