Sharifs committed contempt of court

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Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz has accused the Sharif brothers of committing contempt of court by terming the Mehran Bank scandal a conspiracy against PML(N) and urged the Supreme Court to take notice of their statement.

Speaking at a press conference along with PPP leaders Shaukat Basra and Sajida Mir, here Wednesday, Raja Riaz said General Jilani was the creator of the PML (N), which knows only “the politics of Lifafa (envelop).” He said the PML(N) was facing its political death the process of which will be completed in the next general election.

He said: “Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif pretended to be Hajjis, but the Mehran Bank scandal has unveiled their real faces. Why is Nawaz Sharif not going to the apex court to attend the Mehrangate scandal proceedings.”

He said that President Asif Ali Zardari went through 11 years’ rigorous imprisonment and faced the allegations boldly but Sharif brothers could not bear two months imprisonment rather fled from the country reaching a secret deal with the dictator. Raja Riaz asked Shahbaz Sharif to take oath on the Holy Quran in the Punjab Assembly to prove his innocence in the Mehrangate scandal, and he should quit if he failed to do so. Raja Riaz said that the N-League besides seeking apology from the nation should repay the money equating the amount with the value of gold in 1990. He said that Sharif brothers should also explain that how they purchased property of millions of dollars in London and Steel Mills in Saudi Arabia.