Pakpattan land case: ACE team interrogates Nawaz
LAHORE (92 News) – The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) team interrogated former premier Nawaz Sharif in a case pertaining to the Pakpattan shrine land scandal on Tuesday at Kot Lakhpat jail.
According to the reports, the team handed over a questionnaire consisted on 10 questions to Nawaz Sharif in prison and quizzed the former premier.
“The documents are 34-years-old. I do not remember anything,” replied Nawaz. The probe team asked him if he gave an advertisement in the newspaper regarding the allotment.
“On what grounds was the land allotted and which officers issued the orders for the allotment,” asked the NAB team. The former prime minister reiterated that he did not remember as the case was decades old.
“I had fulfilled all the legal requirements but I do not remember the details. I had worked under the parameters of the law and the constitution and never misused my authority. I have always served the country,” said Nawaz.
The three-member team led by ACE Sahiwal Director Shafqatullah inquired Nawaz Sharif.
Earlier, the ACE formed a team consisting of Assistant Director Investigation ACE Sahiwal Ghazanfar, Assistant Director Legal ACE Sahiwal Rashid Maqbool and Inspector HQ ACE Sahiwal Zahid Ali.
It is noteworthy that the JIT had constituted a team to probe the Pakpattan shrine land case against Nawaz, holding him responsible for “illegally transferring” the shrine land when he was the chief minister of Punjab in 1985.
Earlier, the anti-corruption department has requested the jail authorities to let its officials to record the statement of the Pakistan Muslim Legaue-N quid in the land allotment case on July 30. The ACE has written the letter to the superintendent jail to make necessary arrangements to record Nawaz’s statement.