FIA offices to be besieged if Shehbaz arrested, warn party leaders
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LAHORE: The PML-N has announced resisting the arrest of party president Shehbaz Sharif by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Speaking at a joint press conference, Punjab party leaders Ataullah Tarar and Azma Bukhari said that unlike in the past at no cost Shehbaz Sharif would be allowed to be detained and if the FIA attempted to do so its offices would be besieged.
In a reference to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman’s statement that he would see case and not face while initiating investigation against someone, they said the situation seemed the vice versa for the NAB chairman perhaps disliked the face of Shehbaz so the former would initiate a new probe against the PML-N president every other day.
They said that besides Prime Minister Imran Khan, the NAB chairman would also face the music for initiating ‘false’ cases against PML-N leaders.
They said Shehbaz had already submitted a detailed reply to the Multan NAB office in May 2020 with reference to the Bahawalpur Satellite Town case, but the opposition leader had again been directed to submit a reply in the matter.
“Shehbaz was arrested in clean water case but was booked in Ashiyana housing scandal and then was involved in the sewer line of Ramzan Sugar Mill. Now the NAB has been pressurized by Imran Niazi to file a new case against him,” Mr Tarar said.
He alleged that if anyone criticized the government, all kinds of cases would be registered against them but when government spokespersons used foul language against the PTI rivals, no agency moved against them. The FIA’s cybercrime wing is active only against anti-government people, he said.
Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2021
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Aug 09, 2021 10:07am
Ok so now they are openly threatening the state .. i guess just the beginning of end days
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Aug 09, 2021 10:08am
Are they above the law. Are to going to protest British embassy for Nawaz visa refusal.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:12am
Anybody who takes law into his/her hand must face full force of law. Lawlessness must NOT be tolerated at any cost.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:14am
PMLN party of thugs and corrupt
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Aug 09, 2021 10:20am
Really? Never did so for the party head Nawaz Sharif.
New instructions from "somewhere"?
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Aug 09, 2021 10:22am
So now law for the rich and the arrogant. I won't call them powerful but certainly can call them someone with 0 intellect.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:26am
Right on PLMN! Blackmail and threaten any institution and individual who dare to probe your corruption!
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Aug 09, 2021 10:27am
PMLN should close the shop. They do not have any chance to come to power at all. They must return the looted money or go to jails.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:28am
“Warn party leaders”. Which leaders? I only see the two lower level gofers mentioned in the report.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:31am
Such trouble makers must be arrested in advance. You cannot threat your own state.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:44am
This is an open threat. Clearly, PML(N) wants anarchy to incite public opinion in their favor.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:48am
Who cares, just put him in the jail where he appropriately belongs. These shoddy tactics will not deter IK.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:50am
Thieves and thugs are now on the run. IK thanks you for taking them on.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:52am
Cries of PMLN thugs show how vulnerable they are.
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Aug 09, 2021 10:55am
These cases are only political in nature because otherwise, something concrete would have come in front of nation, otherwise NAB should not have been ordered to pay million of pounds in the corruption cases. NAB has not recovered then the amount which it have to pay now in corruption cases in UK against Nawaz Sharif.
Now after the failure of NAB to prove anything concrete against PMLN, FIA is being used.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:03am
Pml n can't besiege british embassy for denying visa to its money laundering supremo.Begining of the end of the game of corruption and mega losses to poor tax payers of the country.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:06am
Its seem that the crook is above the law.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:09am
This statement simply speaks about gangster and mafia mentality of PMLN. It is very sad that they have not learnt anything from hard times. At least Shehbaz was supposed to pick some polished elements during his stay in UK.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:19am
Finally, the Silent NRO has become official!
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Aug 09, 2021 11:38am
Ok, we’ll add it to the list of dharnas promised - AJK, GB, ISB,
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Aug 09, 2021 11:39am
"Punjab party leaders Ataullah Tarar and Azma Bukhari said that unlike in the past at no cost Shehbaz Sharif would be allowed to be detained and if the FIA attempted to do so its offices would be besieged"
Can this statement be a basis for registering a case against these two slaves.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:44am
All the party stalwarts have gone silent and the third tier party workers who have no electoral vote bank are threatening the state institutions. PMLN is fast losing its bearings.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:45am
now it's a good reason to ban the PML-N party of miscreants. Cause of worst situation in the country overall
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Aug 09, 2021 11:48am
He should simply explain where the money came from. And those threatening the state should be booked and prosecuted.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:51am
Sharif family and their goons are publicly threatening to invade government institutions; FIA and NAB. What a shame that the state is appearing weak and powerless?
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Aug 09, 2021 11:52am
PML-n is disgrace and bunch of thugs.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:53am
Time to declare PML-N a terrorist organisation.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:56am
Agreed with opposition bcz till now none of the cases has led to any logical conclusion. IK is just playing and wasting people time and money.
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Aug 09, 2021 11:57am
It's not rocket science, NAB chairman knows where his bread and butter is, so he has to follow follow instructions - 'jutha Khan' has no option but to initiate false allegations and cases to keep the opposition at bay...
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Aug 09, 2021 12:00pm
It only seems to be a drama to make public fool as they are doing trial the very person Shebaz Sahrif.
The judiciary is also the slave of Feudal lord ..........
nothing is going to be happened if though they put 100 of cases against the culprit affluent ............
Pakistan would never be progress until Judiciary start decision on merit not on money.
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Aug 09, 2021 12:07pm
@dAANISH, pmln is nothing but a bunch of thugs. They never respect the Law of the Land.
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Aug 09, 2021 12:13pm
Another drama on the horizon!
Have we not heard the same warning from the PML-N thugs before??
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Aug 09, 2021 12:40pm
We knew PML is party of the looters, lying bunch and know thugs.
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Aug 09, 2021 12:44pm
Has the party officially turned into a mafia threatening the authority and individual officials of consequences for doing their job!
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Aug 09, 2021 12:45pm
Bunch of thugs nothing else
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Aug 09, 2021 12:51pm
They just made sure he gets arrested!
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Aug 09, 2021 12:54pm
@ZAK, Throw them in the jail for 5 years. End of nuisance.
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Aug 09, 2021 12:58pm
They'll get the same treatment that TLP received at the hands of Punjab Police. Then there'll be a complete silence for good.
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Aug 09, 2021 12:58pm
Typical PML tactics. In their desperation, they will try and take Pakistan down with them. Action must be taken now Against all those delaying justice.
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Aug 09, 2021 01:02pm
This is an open threat from PML-N. Where are the LEAs?
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Aug 09, 2021 01:03pm
This time they have gone beyond threatening individuals. They are threatening institutions. Have completely lost their marble. Panic and nervousness abound.
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Aug 09, 2021 01:07pm
As pledged after the Sialkot defeat, is Ataullah Tarar still using his old name and tricks? This is unbelievable how these "leaders" are supporting their tainted bosses.
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Aug 09, 2021 01:09pm
Well wishers inside PMLN are provoking govt and law enforcing agencies. A ploy by Maryam to put an end to shahbaz politics.
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Aug 09, 2021 01:09pm
PML (N) favorites are threatening the government not at arrest again Mian Shenbaz Sharif but why and how their supreme leader Mian Nawaz Sharif did not threat UK government for refusing his visa extension? PML (N) must answer my question instead of ignoring it.
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Aug 09, 2021 01:11pm
Anyone threatening to become hurdle during shahbaz arrest should also be arrested and punished for 3 years whether or not Shahbaz is arrested or punished.
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Aug 09, 2021 01:18pm
I think Azma and Tarrar can be booked for 3 years for threatening a sitting PM. 2 years for threatening public peace and 2 years for inciting violence.
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Aug 09, 2021 02:02pm
Once a cheater, always a fraudster, blackmailer and trickster.
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Aug 09, 2021 02:05pm
Mr Atta Tarar and Ms Bukhari’s threat is sufficient for their conviction.
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Aug 09, 2021 02:23pm
@Qasim, funny when PTI people threaten and malign institutions no one does anything ….only way to fight fascists is to beat them in the open
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Aug 09, 2021 02:24pm
@Citizen, PTI and PMLN are the same
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Aug 09, 2021 02:33pm
@Mustafa, great so when is the PDM dharna, or the AJK dharna, or the GB dharna. PMLN is all talk no action
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Aug 09, 2021 02:34pm
@Falcon1, yeah, still waiting for the PDM long March
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Aug 09, 2021 02:51pm
Godfather of Raiwand. Pathetic and Cheap!.
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Aug 09, 2021 02:58pm
@Sab Se Pehle Pakistan, they have a warm heart for them and that's the main issue, why Pakistan is not moving forward
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Aug 09, 2021 03:01pm
This means PML(N) is challenging the writ of Government & rule of law. The Government must strictly adher to Transparency in action, and no compromise on rule of law.
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Aug 09, 2021 03:25pm
The law must be enforced whether they bring hundred of millions of people to the court or to the street.
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Aug 09, 2021 03:25pm
I remember Rana Sanaullah PML(N) life threatened the families of Chief Secretary Punjab and a bunch of other bureaucrats, NOTHING happened. The administration chickened out; so they will again, this time.
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Aug 09, 2021 03:26pm
These goons would do anything to stay in the news, acting as they are relevant.
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Aug 09, 2021 03:38pm
He will be arrested soon and PML-N will be powerless to do anything about it.
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Aug 09, 2021 04:04pm
Don't take law in your hand. Your past record is no good
You attacked supreme court. Your founder of party is absconder.
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Aug 09, 2021 04:18pm
These thugs threatening violence in broad daylight.
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Aug 09, 2021 05:25pm
Oh yeah!
If anyone touches the Mighty SS, the world will end!
Did we not hear some one called D.J Trump make similar warnings??
Some people are just full of themselves!
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Aug 09, 2021 05:28pm
Threatening violence if their criminal deeds are tried in a court of justice. PPP, PML and many other parties are above the law in Pakistan
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Aug 09, 2021 05:55pm
@dAANISH, Yes in Pakistan they are Punjabis not Muhajirs.
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Aug 09, 2021 05:58pm
This is an open threat to the rule of law and government is so weak that no action is taken against them. The leaders who made this statement should be arrested and prosecuted for inciting violence. They have to be made an example for the others. You simply cannot threaten institutions that are enforcing the law.
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Aug 09, 2021 06:01pm
These supporters must tell how Shrief family got so rich to build sugar mills and own foreign properties?
Don’t these subservients have any brain that these looters are hurting Pakistan? Sincerely
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Aug 09, 2021 06:01pm
If only people would get out of the compelling influence of Sharifs , we might have some semblance of peace.
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Aug 09, 2021 06:29pm
Shebaz sharif and maryam nawaz should all be in jail, they are criminals working on foreign agenda.
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Aug 09, 2021 07:24pm
Shehbaz Sharif was a guarantor that Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif is still in the UK for close to 2 years and no one knows if a medical procedure was performed on him in the UK or not. Additionally, Nawaz Sharif seems to be in good health and holding party meetings and meeting dignitaries. Shehbaz Sharif needs to be arrested for that reason itself because he is the guarantor for Nawaz Shaif’s return to Pakistan. No one is above the law. Come back and serve your sentence.
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Aug 09, 2021 07:40pm
PML-N has a long history of violence. During earlier tenure they tan sacked judicial building. They openly criticize armed forces of Pakistan. They have no shame on meeting with Afghan NSA privately where Afghan govt spoke negatively about Pakistan. SHO blindly shot towards public during model town uproar when PML was in power.
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Aug 09, 2021 07:58pm
Rule of thugs looters & money launderers.
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Aug 10, 2021 02:53am
@JustSomeGuy,
Mr. Just Some Guy,
"Time to declare PML-N a terrorist Organisation. "
Quite impossible.
Only MQM is terrorist Organisation in / of Pakistan.
Because of such injustice Pakistan isn't progressing.
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