ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Khawaja Asif claimed Wednesday that Prime MinisterImran Khan was “100%” behind his arrest, adding that this was an attempt toweaken party supremo Nawaz Sharif.
Asif was arrested by NAB Tuesday night in a case pertaining to acquiringassets beyond means of income. The party had gathered at PML-N leader AhsanIqbal’s house in the federal capital for a huddle which was being attendedby PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz.
Talking to reporters outside an accountability court in Islamabad, Asifsaid attempts have been made to break the party in the last two-and-a-halfyears.
When a reporter asked Asif to elaborate on a statement made by Maryamclaiming that the Asif had been told all cases against him would be writtenoff if he stood against Nawaz Sharif, the ex-defence minister said: “Thisis what we are all being told.”
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Asif added that the case has been pending for over two years now. “I wasgiven a charge sheet that assets increased but NAB has so far notinvestigated the matter. I have been facing this case for over two years,first in Rawalpindi then in Lahore.”
