LAHORE – National Accountability Bureau has arranged a visit of seniorjournalists group to the Lahore Headquarters after several arrested leadersaccused NAB of torture in custody.
A group of senior journalists on Thursday visited the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB)’s jail section in Lahore and observed thefacilities being provide to inmates there.
The visit was arranged by NAB Lahore Director General Shahzad Saleem, whobriefed the journalists on this occasion. The journalists were shown theprison cells where captives were held.
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Saleem Shehzad said the NAB believed in merit and nobody was tortured inthe cells, while a doctor was available all the time for medical check-upof the suspects to monitor their health.
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ARY News correspondent Mazhar Iqbal said the journalists were made to visitthe NAB jail for few days ago Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)President Shehbaz Sharif and another senior PML-N leader Saad Rafiquealleged that surveillance cameras were installed even in bathrooms of theNAB Lahore jail.
The NAB Lahore DG said there was no veracity in the PML-N leaders’ claims.Neither anybody was made subject to any kind of torture nor biasedtreatment was provided to someone, he said.
