ISLAMABAD – Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla on Sunday took on thecountry’s top anti-graft body – National Accountability Bureau – over its”unlawful actions”.
Speaking at a media conference in Lahore, Mandviwalla said warrants couldbe issued to summon NAB chairman Javed Iqbal if he failed to appear in theSenate.
He vowed to expose the NAB after the national watchdog froze more thanthree million shares of different companies registered in Mandviwala’s namein connection with the fake accounts case last month.
Earlier he announced that a special session of the Senate would berequested to begin a privilege motion that he has submitted against NABChairman Javed Iqbal.
The government chaired numerous meetings with the Opposition regarding thematter of NAB’s ordinance but all political parties failed to make therequired amendment in the ordinance which results in intervention in everyinstitution of the country, including private businesses and bureaucracy,he added.
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A number of businessmen left Pakistan and complained Senate about thebehavior of NAB harassment. NAB tortures people so much that they becomehelpless and choose plea bargain, he said.
He also questioned the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and AntiCorruption Establishment (ACE) authority in the presence of NAB, he saidthese departments “have no value” because of inter-department interventions.
