Daily Times

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Wednesday said it respected the decision of the Islamabad High Court in the case of Sharif family.

“We respect the courts. The courts are free in Pakistan. We considered it our obligation to respect the court decision of today as we respected decisions in the past,” a statement issued by the party in reaction to the verdict of Islamabad High Court quoted Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry as saying. However, the minister maintained that high court’s decision came on procedural basis, adding the case would move forward and the law would take its own course.

Fawad said the nation had no doubt about the role of the Sharif family, which had failed to prove from where it got billions of rupees. He said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was an independent and autonomous institution. NAB acted on its own and the government had no role in it, he stated.

He said the government and the people wanted action against persons involved in corruption. The nation wanted that its looted wealth should be brought back and the government would ensure achievement of this basic target, he added.

Published in Daily Times, September 20^th 2018.