No role of govt in cancellation of Zardari's bail: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Monday said the government had no role in cancellation of bail of President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) Asif Ali Zardari.

In a statement issued here, the minister said these cases were registered against Asif Zardari in 2015 when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in power.

Fawad said that former Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had stated in 2016 about the fake accounts and said the accounts had link with Bilawal House.

At that time, the minister said, Supreme Court had directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for investigation and the agency had recommended to file 16 references against Asif Zardari in its report.

He said the case involved around Rs 60 billion for which 5000 accounts were checked and 31 of them were found to be faked and all the fake accounts had links with Bilawal and Zardari Houses.

The minister said that people of the country were well-aware that leaderships of PPP and PML-N were involved in corruption of billions of rupees, adding the masses had given mandate to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf  (PTI) to take the accountability process to its logical end.

Fawad said these cases should be taken to their logical end by recovering looted money from the national exchequer, adding that opposition had no narrative to launch protest.

The minister questioned as to why people of the country would come on the roads to protect the corruption of PML-N and PPP leaderships.