PML-N questions NAB role after Tareen’s London departure
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has questioned the ‘quiet’ departure of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) senior leader Jehangir Khan Tareen for London despite being a prime suspect in the sugar scam.
“Where is the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) which was to become Tarzan after Eid [according to Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid] while Jehangir Tareen left for London along with his son?” asked PML-N Punjab’s Information Secretary Azma Bokhari at a presser here on Saturday.
Accompanied by Attaullah Tarar, Ms Bokhari said: “The Tarzan has a different standard of accountability for Prime Minister Imran Khan, Jehangir Tareen and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif. NAB is not ready to investigate the misuse of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government helicopter by Imran Khan and the role of Tareen and federal minister Khusro Bakhtiar in the sugar scam as prime suspects.”
She said that even Tareen had accused his party’s government of raising taxes that caused an increase in the sugar price. PM Khan gave Rs2 billion subsidy on sugar and despite that it was being sold at Rs85 per kilo, she stated. The Sharif family’s sugar mills had not received any subsidy, nor exported sugar but Imran Khan and the country’s entire politics revolved around the Sharif family.
Chiding PM’s adviser Shahzad Akbar for targeting the Sharif family, the MPA said he was hiding these days to avoid filing of a reply to certain questions in a court case.
Mr Tarar asked PM Khan to submit his reply in the defamation case filed by Shahbaz Sharif against him. “(Mr) Khan has been avoiding speaking the truth in court,” he said and added that two officers of Punjab police had been removed from their posts for not arresting Mr Sharif.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has convened a meeting on Sunday (today) to review the sugar commission report.
Published in Dawn, June 7th, 2020
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Jun 07, 2020 08:34am
IK... really??
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Jun 07, 2020 08:39am
PMIK is the biggest hypocrite to ever have ruled Pakistan. Everything is a u-turn, double standards, mistake, lie or incompetence. Pakistanis got fooled badly.
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Jun 07, 2020 09:10am
He should apologize and just pay the money to Government. It may lead Nawaz party to do the same. End result.....Pakistan Government will end up with money in the bank.
Running to London is not an answer.
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Jun 07, 2020 09:28am
Is it a double standard or what?
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Jun 07, 2020 10:06am
It's so shameful for the government and NAB that Tareen has left Pakistan. No one is serious about accountability in Pakistan.
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Jun 07, 2020 10:15am
Pakistan government gives subsidies ( difference between exporting price and cost) to sugar producers for exporting sugar, what kind of illogical economies is this? If there is excessive supply then the government should buy the excess and sell to consumers at the stated price. Imran Khan should have distanced himself from Tareen after the court had passed a verdict that Tareen cannot be involved in any government position. How can people of Pakistan expect change if the leader cannot follow rules and regulations?
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Jun 07, 2020 10:40am
How come all frauds in pakistan flies to England? Something to ponder about...
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Jun 07, 2020 10:46am
...and what about a certain Nawaz Sb who was convicted by the courts yet is enjoying life in sunny London??
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Jun 07, 2020 11:23am
Suspects are allowed to do what they want but Nawaz is wanted in dozens of cases and is on the run.
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Jun 07, 2020 12:09pm
@NoVoice, True
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Jun 07, 2020 12:42pm
PMLN is questioning Tareen’s London departure? Same PMLN whose leadership resides in London.
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Jun 07, 2020 12:42pm
Tareen is only under investigation, Sharif was convicted and still left Pakistan. So don't know what the fuss is all about.
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Jun 07, 2020 12:42pm
Was Tareen’s name on ECL?
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Jun 07, 2020 12:45pm
NAB role was questionable after Sharif’s London departure. He wasn’t just a prime suspect but actually a convicted criminal. Need to look at everything in perspective.
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Jun 07, 2020 01:08pm
I wonder if he will return before the end of PTI’s turn in power.
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Jun 07, 2020 01:21pm
Questions the party who's leader is sitting in England way past his allowed time limit for the visit and who's deputy leader (the younger brother) went to England himself while being pursued by NAB and courts.
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Jun 07, 2020 02:26pm
Accountability is merely a toy that powerful quarters play with in order to control politicians.
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Jun 07, 2020 03:08pm
The PNL N should first bring NS back along with all absconded Sharif’s before they even think to raise this issue
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Jun 07, 2020 03:25pm
Did Tareen go by a commercial flight or a chartered flight? In either case he must have been facilitated by the Government or he holds British nationality. Or he has investor's status on the basis of his investment in Dorchester Hotel. Will NAB look into these possibilities.
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Jun 07, 2020 03:39pm
We know their role, target opposition
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Jun 07, 2020 03:40pm
No case is pending against Tareen. But what about a convicted criminal roaming around the streets of London?
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Jun 07, 2020 03:42pm
@JackJones,
He claims he has principles; time is proving repeatedly that he has none!
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Jun 07, 2020 03:54pm
With its supreme and more than 90% of his immediate family living in London, PMLN of all the political parties, has absolutely no ground to make such a demand.
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Jun 07, 2020 04:00pm
Tareen used the same backdoor resources that were used by the Sharif family to escape to London.
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Jun 07, 2020 04:05pm
No doubt, his departure to London-England is a huge test case for the P.T.I. administration in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Jun 07, 2020 04:11pm
None of those mentioned in the Sugar Commission report are on the ECL. Why just picking on Tareen?
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Jun 07, 2020 04:30pm
Did the PMLn reps in press conference tell us when Ishaq Dar, Suleman Shahbaz or Imran Ali are coming back from London?
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Jun 07, 2020 04:31pm
What happens to his sugar mills?
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Jun 07, 2020 04:44pm
@JackJones, well said because When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
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Jun 07, 2020 04:46pm
Soon statement from PTI will come "NAB is an independant institution. We have no involvement in it."
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Jun 07, 2020 04:47pm
@Ahmad, Tareen is convicted as well.
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Jun 07, 2020 04:48pm
@Gargoyle, because Tareen runs government affairs in capacities where only legislators could sit.
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Jun 07, 2020 05:37pm
If you are wealthy ,commit crime then fly away to London - live happily under the protection of Her Majesty.
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Jun 07, 2020 05:52pm
He has not been charged of anything.
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Jun 07, 2020 06:33pm
@Dr. Doctor, convicted of what? He isn’t actually but I do hope a case is filed against him on sugar mills.
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Jun 07, 2020 06:42pm
NAB has the same role as they did when Nawaz Sharif tricked everyone and left for London.
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Jun 07, 2020 06:43pm
@Nalayak Khan, No it is the same standard under which Nawaz left and never came back.
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Jun 07, 2020 07:20pm
After the initial Sugar report came out, Tareen came on Pakistani media and accuses the PTI government for the sugar scam and I said to myself, here is the man with a honest face. How disappointed I am, that the man I thought as a honest man has left the country, of course with the blessings of PTI government. I wonder is there is a honest man in today's Pakistan
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Jun 07, 2020 07:29pm
Though Jehangir Taree said that he is going to return to the country after his treatment but who know how long his treatment is to take.
Jehangir Tareen is one of the prime suspects in sugar scandal case but his departure after the findings of Sugar Inquiry Commission Report and then its forensic report both indicates that other than PMLN leaders PTI leaders were also involved in it.
In plain words Jehangir Tareen has been provided a safe passage to go out of country in order to protect him from receiving notices and to answer the questionnaire of NAB.
This was a tactical move to save Jehangir Tareen from repeatedly going to the NAB offices and answering questions about the subsidies from the government and other hand to sell sugar on higher price in the market.
Without Jehargir Tareen the whole investigations about the sugar scandal will come to a complete halt and after some time the complete Sugar Inquiry Commission Report will be filed without taking any action against anybody.
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Jun 07, 2020 07:57pm
Prime suspect?
He isn't prime suspect. His mills got subsidy, which mostly happened in PMLN tenure. All other mills including those of Sharifs also got that
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Jun 07, 2020 08:13pm
All crooks including Nawaz are in London.
Bring all of them back and their money.
Tell UK not to host crooks, then these Western countries talk about money laundering. Double talk.
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Jun 07, 2020 11:27pm
Why no road-block for the biggest sugar scammer Tareen? Is he immune to the Exit Control rules?
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