ISLAMABAD, JAN 01 (DNA) – The opposition has on Friday raised the issue of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) actions in the Senate as its leader in the House, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, said it is not right to humiliate people by imprisoning them.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq said in the session, chaired by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, that there will be unrest in the country owing the trend that is being followed by the anti-corruption watchdog.

The opposition leader said the Supreme Court of Pakistan had also declared such actions of the anti-graft body as unilateral. He requested the chairman to send the matter to concerned committees.

Raja Zafar-ul-Haq remarked that everyone is aware of the issue of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif’s arrest. He said Khawaja Asif knew beforehand that he could be detained any time.

While responding to Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Leader of the House Shehzad Waseem said this is the same NAB which was initiated by Saifur Rehman and, today, it is being criticized. The NAB is an independent body and its chairman was not appointed by the incumbent government, he said.

Addressing the session, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has vowed that we will not appear before National Accountability Bureau (NAB). “Will prefer dying rather than appearing before the NAB”, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri was quoted as saying.

He further said the life of Maulana Fazlur Rehman is an open book, he has nothing to hide. The JUI-F senator said that we will not bow down before such a law that is aimed at humiliating people.

The accountability watchdog had initiated an inquiry against JUI-F chief in assets beyond means case, sources privy to the development said. On December 29, a questionnaire sent by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Peshawar to Maulana Fazlur Rehman, was sent back undelivered, said sources.

NAB Peshawar had sent a questionnaire to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman by post but the delivery staff of the concerned post office failed to deliver it at the residence of the JUI-F leader, sources had said. = DNA

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