Former Prime Ministers raise arrest of Jang Group editor-in-chief in NA

Former prime ministers raise arrest of Jang Group editor-in-chief in NA

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League — Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday raised before the National Assembly the arrest of Jang and Geo Group's editor-in-chief by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on fabricated charges.

Speaking on the floor of the Lower House, former prime minster and senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi noted that the editor-in-chief of the largest media group in Pakistan had been arrested.

"Is NAB an institution for revenge that it will arrest anyone speaking against it?" he asked.

Abbasi added that the tradition of political victimization through the offices of NAB should be abolished.

"The ink had not even dried yet on the Islamabad High Court's judgement which details the conditions of arrest, and Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman has been arrested," he said on the floor.

In addition to Abbasi, former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf also brought up the arrest of the Jang editor-in-chief in his speech in the Lower House.

"A complaint was lodged against the owner of Jang Group and he came to NAB offices to provide answers. However, he was arrested upon his arrival," Ashraf, who belongs to the PPP, said.

"The press gallery is empty today. The media is protesting. Under what emergency was the owner of a media house arrested?" he asked.