ISLAMABAD: Pakistan former premier Nawaz Sharif has described Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s statement in the National Assembly about the chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as a goodomen.
He was talking to media outside the accountability court here on Thursday after he arrived with his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, to appear in the court in Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference.
Nawaz Sharif said that NAB was exceeding its powers in many affairs and added that the former president, General (r) Pervez Musharraf, had constituted the anti-graft body to serve his own interests.
He said Prime Minister Abbasi’s statement regarding the NAB chairman was commendable. “We have to decide whether we should act in accordance with the laws made by a dictator or democratic governments,” he added.
Regarding a question about the inclusion of Southern Punjab Province Front into the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Sharif said that no one knew leaders of the said Front.
He said those who joined PTI stood with Imran Khan while the rest of the nation was standing by his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
He added that Imran Khan was not a trust worthy politician since he had dual standards, saying a politician with dual standards has no worth.
