There were 'others' close to Zardari who knew about NRO: Qureshi

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that there were other people also who knew about the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and were close to the former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, DawnNews reported.

He further said that he was unaware of the deal despite of being the foreign minister at the time and added that Safdar Abbasi might have better information over the deal.

Qureshi claimed that Zardari has gone to Washington to check the status of the NRO deal adding that the deal, for which the Unites States was a guarantor, had ensured the cancellation of corruption charges against the former president.

PTI vice-chairman questioned that if the statement issued by Shehla Raza was based on truth then would the army be allowed to impose martial law on the fourth democratic term.

Qureshi also said that law must be equal for everyone and that PTI would not be a part of any deal in relation with Pervez Musharraf.

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Comments (12) Closed

sja

Jul 23, 2014 04:38pm

And some of those who knew were with the ruling parties and now some of them are with PTI and leaders of PTI trying to avenge their affiliation to NRO and look who is disclosing the NRO???

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Dr Khan

Jul 23, 2014 04:50pm

No political leader however corrupt can have such an embarrassing deal of martial law after three governments .PPP leadership has no sense of coordination .Everyone is irresponsibly beating about the bush.

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patriot

Jul 23, 2014 05:37pm

NRO was a disgrace and zardari is off to USA to greet his masters and beg before them to remember the deal that they made regarding his corruption cases and helo him get in power for the next term. Shame. Democracy should prevail but not like this farce of one!

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Zafar

Jul 23, 2014 05:42pm

I thought NRO was null and void... PPP nor PMLN has stuck to any deals anyway, why should the army??

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Shah

Jul 23, 2014 09:07pm

I do not what is worse, Qureshi knowing or being part of NRO and still supporting Zardari or his total lack of knowledge of the NRO deal which saw the cases of 8000 of his co-politicians, some very close to him, fall away which makes him total incompetent considering the high post he had. Pakistan is in the need of new untainted blood. But most of all a new corrupt free system of governance which places the Pakistani people in center instead of the corrupt.

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Concerned Citizen

Jul 23, 2014 11:22pm

Qureshi sb, please don't be so naive to not have known what was boiling. PTI is just another face of PPP and PMLN.

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Ganga Din

Jul 24, 2014 12:20am

Isn't it a bit late for you to open your mouth? Why didn't you speak up when you were part of PPP? Shame on you.

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sja

Jul 24, 2014 12:28am

@Concerned Citizen --- and various MISCELLANEOUS TOO if you analyze more and more.

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khanman

Jul 24, 2014 12:45am

NRO.?? if someone did something against the law , even the slightest crime, it should be punishable. rather than adding nice abbreviation to the dictionary like NRO xyz and getting away with it

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Naveed Javed

Jul 24, 2014 01:12am

Just another U-Turn by just another PT Leader!!

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A shah

Jul 24, 2014 01:33am

This guy is an idiot

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Haider Rehman

Jul 24, 2014 02:26am

"... for which the Unites States was a guarantor, had ensured the cancellation of corruption charges against the former president." Yet more proof, that Zardari and NS are the looters of Pakistan, embraced once again by illiterate masses...

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