Daily Times

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim was among 11 people indicted by the accountability court in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) case on Saturday. The court indicted the accused in the absence of Amin Fahim and Salman Ghani. Those present in court denied charges against them. Accused in the case are Amin Fahim, Ayaz Khan Niazi, Salman Ghani, Amin Qasim Dada, Muhammad Zahoor, Zahid Hussain, Hur Rahi Gardezi, Naveed Hussain Zaidi, SM Iqbal, Amir Hussain and Khawaja Akbar Butt. They allegedly purchased 10 acres in Karachi’s Korangi area and sold it to the government at an inflated rate, which caused a loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer. The court summoned the witnesses during the next hearing of the case scheduled for September 30. In a statement issued from the PPP Media Cell, party leaders said that the PPP had in its previous tenure worked for strengthening democracy and for this goal to achieve, former president Asif Ali Zardari had – while extending the vision of slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto – introduced the policy of reconciliation. “There is no record of political victimisation during the PPP’s past tenure, and despite worst opposition the PPP maintained the spirit of reconciliation. However, the federal law enforcement authorities under the aegis of the PML-N’s federal government are victimising PPP leaders,” the statement read.