LAHORE: Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz labeled the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request to cancel her bail “ludicrous”, claiming the body had devolved into a vengeance machine.
On Monday, the PML-N leader said that “I went every time NAB summoned me, despite the assassination attempt,”
The PML-N leader’s remarks came during a media talk just before the High Court of Lahore (LHC) was set up to take up NAB’s appeal in the case of Chaudhry Sugar Mills over its post-arrest bail.
Maryam alleged that the anti-graft watchdog had struggled to control corrupt practices and had declined to take responsibility for it.
The PML-N chief also claimed that a lawsuit should be brought against the NAB for filing a false petition in court, alleging that the bureau had devolved into a vengeful organization that she was attempting to reveal.
She also rejected that narrative that she is taking part in any form of anti-state propaganda.
Maryam continued to say that she had been held in detention for three months after being arrested in front of her lawyer, Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme PML-N.
Maryam questioned the NAB’s rationale for canceling her parole, claiming that she was “misusing her bail” by speaking out about state institutions after being given one. “Who gives you the freedom to judge statements?” she said.
The PML-N VC went on to say that the NAB was angry because she was speaking out against inflation, nepotism, gas and energy theft, and the inability of the government to clean up garbage piles in towns.
Making reference to accusations made by her and other party leaders targeting state institutions through political speeches and social media, she argued that the assertion made by Mian Javed Latif, a member of the PML-N National Assembly, had been framed after being distorted.
She stated that the PML-N will not remain quiet and will continue to pursue its political objectives.
The PML-N VC went on to say that the NAB was angry because she was speaking out against inflation, nepotism, gas and energy theft, and the inability of the government to clean up garbage piles in towns.
“You can’t intimidate Maryam Nawaz by threatening to throw her in prison. She isn’t a coward like [PM] Imran Khan, so it won’t happen,” she said.
Maryam asked the judiciary to take care of such bogus pleas and to take action against the NAB itself.
“I am hopeful that the high court will not only dismiss this appeal but will also put a stop to future ludicrous petitions,” she added.
