Pakistan opposition slams anti-corruption company in particular session of Senate

The opposition events in Pakistan hit out on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday within the Senate on the difficulty of its efficiency and technique of accountability.The opposition members rejected the method of accountability as one-sided and accused the federal government of utilizing it for witch-hunt of its opponents, reported Dawn.Earlier additionally the opposition had levelled expenses in opposition to the NAB of committing grave human rights violations, custodial deaths, and of being utilized by Imran Khan’s authorities to weaken the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).Alleging that the NAB chairman was being blackmailed by the federal authorities after “immoral audio and video clips” of him have been leaked; some opposition Senators mentioned that he’s now compelled to obey all orders “he receives through WhatsApp”, reported Dawn.“NAB had become a tool in the hands of the government to victimise the opposition. This is why Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said he will not appear before the bureau,” mentioned Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F) chief Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri.“You cannot run the government by hiding behind the army and continuously telling lies. Why do you defame the army by dragging it in politics?” he added.Pakistani Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) Senator Javed Abbasi mentioned that the NAB has been was a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf “(PTI) wing”.“There are several judgements of the Supreme Court that highlights the role of NAB in political engineering and forcing politicians to change their loyalty,” he added.The members from the treasury benches responded by saying the opposition was making an attempt to exert strain on the federal government to drive it to cease pursuing corruption circumstances in opposition to its leaders, who had amassed wealth by means of commissions and kickbacks, laundered cash and stashed it in banks overseas, reported Dawn.Meanwhile, on December 29, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and PML-N senior chief Khawaja Muhammad Asif was arrested by NAB in Islamabad in reference to the property past means case. (ANI)