ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family have presented themselves for accountability.
Talking to the media outside the accountability court in Islamabad on Friday, the minister said the former prime minister had always talked about the fair trail and sanctity of the vote.
She said Nawaz Sharif was not among those who ran away from the process of accountability.
Meanwhile, former prime minister’s son-in-law Capt (r) Safdar said that 200 million people of Pakistan were with Nawaz Sharif.
Railways Minister Saad Rafique also dispelled the impression that Sharif family was shying away from the courts and said it had and would always respect the national institutions.
“Nawaz Sharif and family were appearing in courts despite illness of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz and the false allegations levelled against them,” he said. “No proof of money laundering was presented against the Sharif family in months-long investigation and we are appearing before the courts despite reservations,” he added.
He said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was striving for democratic struggle, and added that Nawaz Sharif had always cherished democracy.
Saad said that this was not new for the Sharif family as they had been facing such challenges in the past. “PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif is the one who eliminated terrorism from the country and improved the economic situation,” he concluded.
Published in Daily Times, November 4th 2017.
