PML-N to remain neutral on NAB Chairman issue: Shehbaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif has said his party would remain neutral on the recent scandal relating to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, on Friday.

PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif tweeted that PML-N to stay out of the recent Chairman Nab issue. 

“Our viewpoint on NAB is principled and we will keep voicing our concerns on all forums.”

“PML-N has nothing to do with anybody’s private life and will stick to its political and legal narrative!”, he continued in his tweet.

PML-N to stay out of the recent Chairman Nab issue.

Our viewpoint on NAB is principled—which is legal in nature and we will keep voicing our concerns on all forums.

PML-N has nothing to do with anybody’s private life and will stick to its political and legal narrative!

— President PMLN (@president_pmln) May 23, 2019

Earlier, the NAB had refuted the scandalous audio and video aired by a private news channel against the bureau’s chief, labeling the video libelous, propagandist and fake.

Read more: NAB refutes private news channel's story on Chairman Javed Iqbal

Chairman NAB Justice retired Javed Iqbal has issued a press release via the National Accountability Bureau debunking all claims, labeling it an attempt to blackmail the institute over ongoing corruption investigations against the organization.

A local tv aired the audio and video clips of his alleged inappropriate interactions/conversation with a female.