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‘Not Answerable to Maryam or Nawaz’ Senator Ali Zafar Has Concluded What the

Government Didn’t Hope for!
Badin: PPP Chairman Bilawal aimed at bringing the PPP back to
Bhutto-Zardari said on Wednesday the multiparty alliance remained FIA action and Khalid Javed Khan
that the PPP was not answerable ineffective as Bilawal did not attend acted as an umpire between the two,
to PML-N Vice President Maryam the dinner though senior leaders of according to sources. Ali Zafar was
Nawaz or PML-N supremo Nawaz his party did. told that FIRs were registered in com-
Sharif and that his stance remained Talking to Dawn, PPP leader pliance with the recommendations
unchanged. Farhatullah Babar said the meeting of the Sugar Inquiry Commission.
Addressing a press conference had broken the ice and provided a Besides, the FIRs were not registered
in Badin, Bilawal was responding to platform for the opposition lead- against Tareen only but against all
a question from a reporter on Mary- ers to get together and speak to one those who are accused of malprac-
am’s recent comments that the PPP another. He also said it was not the tices in the case. After hearing both
had not responded to the show cause PDM’s meeting and therefore the sides, the Attorney General voted in
notice sent to it and had shown h e r PDM issue had not come up for dis- favor of Shehzad Akbar and held that
support to comments by Paki-stan cussion at the event. that the action against Tareen was jus-
Democratic Movement (PDM) Sec- Babar said the PPP delegation tified.
retary General Shahid Khaqan Ab- had assured Shehbaz that the party In this regard, ‘The News’ sent
basi. would support all moves of the joint questions to Ali Zafar and Shehzad
Abbasi had said on Tuesday would consider his stance and state- opposition that would block the way Akbar both but neither one of them
that there was no place for the PPP ments to be official PML-N policy of “anti-people decisions” in the up- Islamabad: Following his fact-find- responded. The Attorney General is
within the opposition alliance until and conduct its politics according coming budget. ing investigation, Senator Ali Zafar also tightlipped on this matter. How-
it restored the trust it had betrayed. to that. Bill for protection of journalists has come to the conclusion that PTI ever, he told a journalist that he is the
He said that the PDM had sought a He added that the PPP respect- During Wednesday’s press con- stalwart Jehangir Khan Tareen is be- referee in this matter and whatever is
response from the PPP, which Bi- ed Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) ference, Bilawal also said he was ing unfairly targeted by the govern- decided by Ali Zafar requires approv-
lawal had torn into pieces. “We had chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and grateful to the Sindh government, ment agencies, an opinion contested al from him. So far, he is not ready to
asked for a response. Join together the two parties had had a “good re- law department and the journalist by the prime minister’s camp dur- accept Ali Zafar’s findings thus rais-
the torn pieces [of the show-cause lationship and contact”. Bilawal said, community for the bill for the pro- ing a meeting held in this regard. A ing the likelihood that the report will
notice], read it and give us the clari- however, that the PPP was engaging tection of journalists being approved formal report hasn’t been submitted never be formalized, let alone made
fication we had sought,” Abbasi had in politics based on its vision, prin- by the committee in the Sindh As- yet; however, its key findings have public. (The above-mentioned discus-
said. ciples, with respect and “we don’t sembly. been shared. sion was based on the key findings; he
At Wednesday’s press confer- change our stance.” “This will hopefully become law The News has learnt that Sena- didn’t formally share the final draft of
ence, the PPP chairman acknowl- He called on those who wanted after being passed by the Sindh As- tor Zafar aired his findings at a meet- the report.)
edged that he had torn the show democracy to flourish, civilian su- sembly. It is with great sadness that ing presided over by Prime Minister Tareen sees Ali Zafar’s report as
cause notice and there was no premacy and actually wanted to op- we have to pass such bills in the 21st Imran Khan. Attorney General Kha- a ray of hope for him. No matter if it
change in his stance on the PDM. pose Prime Minister Imran Khan to century, when you should get all lid Javed Khan and Advisor to PM remains inconsequential for the cases
“We are not answerable to Maryam “instead of opposing the PPP, our protection according to the Consti- on Accountability Shehzad Akbar against him, he wants the findings to
or Mian Sahib. We are answerable to friends in the opposition should tar- tution.” were also present in the meeting. be made public. Doing so will dent
the PPP and the PPP’s workers and get the government.” He condemned the swiftness Sen Zafar concluded that the charges the government’s efforts to damage
we think the real joy will be in do- Attempt to revive PDM with which journalists were being against Tareen didn’t hold much sub- his reputation, his close aides believe.
ing politics together with the PPP’s Shehbaz on Monday had host- targeted and subjected to injustice stance and that he was further tar- On the other hand, the government
workers.” ed a dinner reception for all main- and said Sindh Information Minister geted through the registration of FIRs officials believe that publicizing Ali
Bilawal said that Shehbaz stream opposition parties in what Nasir Shah was constantly engaged against him and his son. Zafar’s report will tarnish beyond re-
Sharif was the leader of the opposi- appeared to be an attempt to revive in efforts to follow-up and punish His findings didn’t go uncon- pair its anti-corruption mantra. Not
tion in the National Assembly and the PDM. anyone involved in injustice with tested. Shehzad Akbar was asked to only Tareen but all those implicated
the PML-N president, thus the PPP However, the effort apparently journalists. give alternative facts in defense of the ZAFAR, P28

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