NAB has declared Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif innocent in the Ashiana Housing case. According to a report by the anti-graft body, there is no evidence of corruption or financial benefit to the Prime Minister in the housing project.
The report also states that there was no loss to the national treasury and no misuse of power by Shehbaz Sharif or Kamran Kayani, brother of former army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. Additionally, the report found that Fawad Hasan Fawad, who was the Secretary of Implementation at the time, did not receive any bribe for awarding the contract.
This is the second major case in which the NAB has declared Shehbaz Sharif innocent, following the Rs7 billion references against him and others for assets beyond means and money laundering. The report suggests that the accountability court should decide on Shehbaz Sharif’s plea for acquittal based on the law.
