Humza's Attmpt To Leave The Country Foiled: Chohan

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published December 12, 2018 | 12:42 AM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Dec, 2018 ) :Information Minister of Punjab Fayyazul Hassan Chohan Tuesday said that Hamza Shehbaz had tried to flee the country but his attempt was foiled.

Talking to a private news channel, he said that Sharif family was facing many corruption cases and government had nothing to do with the arrest of Khawaja brothers by NAB Lahore and barring Hamza Shahbaz from going abroad.

He said the government did not make cases against Saad Rafique, Salman Rafique and the Sharif family.

He said that Khawaja brothers had been arrested by the NAB Lahore after rejection of their interim bail applications by Lahore High Court in the Paragon Housing scam.

He said that action was taken by the independent and sovereign institutions against those who were involved in corruption and plundering of the national exchequer .

The Punjab Information Minister said Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had barred Hamza Shahbaz from leaving country. He was leaving the country but FIA authorities off loaded him and did not allow him to leave the country.

He said the concerned authority had placed the name of the Hamza Shehbaz, the opposition leader in Punjab Assembly, in the Exit Control List (ECL) as NAB had filed a petition against him.

To a question, the minister said 14 people had been killed in Model Town Lahore under the umbrella of former Punjab government of Shehbaz Sharif. PTI government would accept all the decisions of the courts with open heart, he added.