NAB rejects Jang Group allegations
Jang and Geo group owner was arrested by NAB in an alleged land scam on Thursday
Mir Shakilur Rehman. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday rejected the allegations levelled by Jang Group and urged the media to avoid broadcasting and publishing news items without getting version of its spokesperson.
The statement came in light of Mir Shakilur Rehman's arrest. The owner of the Jang and Geo group was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday after he failed to satisfy the investigation team on a 26-pointer questioner over 'illegally' obtaining 54 plots from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif when he was the Punjab chief minister in 1986.
The NAB spokesperson in a statement termed the allegations of Jang Group concocted, fabricated and baseless. He said Mir Shakilur Rahman would be presented before the accountability court on Friday for the remand and NAB would plead the case against him as per law.
He said NAB vehemently believed in freedom of expression and would continue its national duty of taking action against the corrupt people without caring about any propaganda, pressure, browbeating and threatening.
He said the anti-graft watchdog adhered to the policy of considering only cases sans caring about the status of the accused.
The bureau believed in performing its duties as per law and the Constitution.
(With additional input from APP.)
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday rejected the allegations levelled by Jang Group and urged the media to avoid broadcasting and publishing news items without getting version of its spokesperson.
The statement came in light of Mir Shakilur Rehman's arrest. The owner of the Jang and Geo group was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday after he failed to satisfy the investigation team on a 26-pointer questioner over 'illegally' obtaining 54 plots from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif when he was the Punjab chief minister in 1986.
The NAB spokesperson in a statement termed the allegations of Jang Group concocted, fabricated and baseless. He said Mir Shakilur Rahman would be presented before the accountability court on Friday for the remand and NAB would plead the case against him as per law.
He said NAB vehemently believed in freedom of expression and would continue its national duty of taking action against the corrupt people without caring about any propaganda, pressure, browbeating and threatening.
He said the anti-graft watchdog adhered to the policy of considering only cases sans caring about the status of the accused.
The bureau believed in performing its duties as per law and the Constitution.
(With additional input from APP.)