{"id":8438,"date":"2021-07-11T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T17:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=8438"},"modified":"2021-07-11T17:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T17:47:40","slug":"pml-n-ahsan-khaqan-lash-out-at-nab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2021\/8438\/","title":{"rendered":"PML-N Ahsan, Khaqan lash out at NAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faisalabad: Former Prime Minister and PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not an anti-corruption institution, but a tool for political engineering.<br \/>\nTalking to media men in Faisalabad on Sunday, Khaqan said that his party is not afraid of facing courts. \u201cNAB should thoroughly read those judgments issued by courts in corruption cases against PML-N leaders.\u201d Khaqan said.<br \/>\nShahid Khaqan visited Faisalabad to condole death of PML-N leader Abid Sher Ali\u2019s wife. \u201cHer demise is a tragedy for family. Especially when Abid Sher Ali is not here. He had booked his return ticket but I told him that he may get arrested if he flies to Pakistan. He wouldn\u2019t get justice here\u201d, Former Prime Minister said.<br \/>\nTalking about LNG case against him, Shahid Khaqan said that it is clearly stated in detailed judgment of Accountability court that neither was it a case within NAB\u2019s jurisdiction, nor I had committed any financial corruption.<br \/>\nOn the other hand, PML-N\u2019s senior leader Ahsan Iqbal also took NAB to the cleaners.<br \/>\nTalking to media at Narowal sports city, Ahsan Iqbal said that NAB has become a puppet at the hands of government. The \u2018NAB-Niazi\u2019 nexus aims to silence PTI\u2019s political opponents, Ahsan alleged.<br \/>\nAhsan Iqbal said that NAB has no authority to threaten people.<br \/>\nHe said that his party will never be pressurized by such tactics. \u201cNarowal sports city was not my mistake but my pride. Current government has converted the whole project into miserable condition by barring funds\u201d, Ahsan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faisalabad: Former Prime Minister and PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not an anti-corruption institution, but a tool for political engineering. 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