Ghani welcomes Talpur’s release

Says there is no truth to the allegations levelled against PPP leaders

KARACHI: Sindh Information, Archives and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani welcomed the release of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Faryal Talpur on bail and expressed the hope that other party leaders too would be granted bail, while talking to media persons on Tuesday.

He said that there was no truth to allegations levelled against PPP leaders in various cases, terming the summoning and arrest of Syed Khursheed Shah and other party leaders by the National Accountability Bureau “an act of vindictiveness.”

Commenting on the death sentence awarded to former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf, the information minister said that it was the first time in the history of Pakistan that a court had issued a verdict on the basis of Article 6 of the Constitution. Underlining the importance of the verdict, Ghani said, “[Now] no one will ever think of abrogating, subverting or suspending the Constitution.” 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 18^th, 2019.