Times of Islamabad

Shahbaz Sharif has betrayed Khawaja Asif, claims top leader

Shahbaz Sharif has betrayed Khawaja Asif, claims top leader

ISLAMABAD – The Punjab Assembly speaker and PML-Q leader Chaudhry PervaizElahi has claimed that Shahbaz Sharif has back stabbed and betrayed KhawajaAsif in NAB.

He remarked that the opposition leader in the National Assembly was askedabout the Nandipur power plant and he told investigators that Asif gave thecontract for it.

On his return to the National Assembly on Wednesday, Shehbaz said that theaccountability bureau had asked him to make statements against formerdefence minister Asif but he had refused.

In an interview with SAMAA TV, Elahi said that Shehbaz mentioned it inparliament because he didn’t want PML-N leaders questioning his ‘betrayal’.He was trying to justify his lies, Elahi added. The PML-N chief iscurrently in NAB custody for involvement in the Ashiana housing scam.