*LAHORE – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has termed the newsabout Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal as fake, fabricated and baseless.*
The NAB spokesperson said that the objective of the news is to damagecredibility of NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal. “Ignoring pressureand blackmailing, the NAB had arrested two members of a blackmailer groupand approved a reference against them,” he declared.
The NAB spokesperson said that 42 cases had been registered against theblackmailer group across the country.
He said that the busted gang used to blackmail citizens by impersonating asNAB and FIA officers. “The ringleader, Farooq, is in Kot Lakhpat jail.”
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The NAB spokesperson said that the private channel had refuted its news andaccepted it against the facts. “The channel administration has alsoapologized to the NAB chairman,” he said.
Meanwhile, PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif said that his party will stay outof the recent NAB chairman issue. “Our viewpoint about the NAB isprincipled – which is legal in nature and we will keep voicing our concernson all forums.”
