Organized group involved in maligning NAB chairman: Azam Rashid

LAHORE (92 News) – Social worker Sardar Azam Rashid said on Friday that an organized group is involved in maligning National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal. Addressing a press conference in Lahore Press Club, Sardar Azam Rashid exposed Farooq Nol and Tayyaba Gul and brought forth the other victims who were deceived by this group. He also claimed that these people are not commoner they have an organized group which included the member from many other government institutions officials. He claimed that the officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), police, Higher Education Commission (HEC) and other departments are members of this international group led by Farooq Nol and Tayyaba Gul. Saba Hamid, victim of Tayyaba Gul’s fraud, said that the miscreants took money after hoodwinking her by promising to send abroad. She told that Tyyaba Gul registered a first information report (FIR) against her after looting three million rupees and blackmailed her. Another victim Shamshad Jahan said that this group is in contact with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and and other country’s enemy forces. The victims have demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa to take strict action against this organized group. The NAB spokesperson said that 42 cases had been registered against the blackmailer group across the country. He said that the busted gang used to blackmail citizens by impersonating as NAB and FIA officers. “The ringleader, Farooq, is in Kot Lakhpat jail.” The NAB spokesperson said that the private channel had refuted its news and accepted it against the facts. “The channel administration has also apologized to the NAB chairman,” he said. Meanwhile, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif said that his party will stay out of the recent NAB chairman issue. “Our viewpoint about the NAB is principled – which is legal in nature and we will keep voicing our concerns on all forums.”