ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf constituted a 10-member committee led by Aslam Bhootani to probe the leaked audio of Najam Saqib, son of former chief justice Saqib Nisar.
In this leaked audio, Najam Saqib is demanding money from two candidates who were awarded PTI tickets with his father’s influence.
In the audio that surfaced last week, Najam Saqib demanded a “reward” not less than ‘one and 20’ (perhaps 12 million rupees) for getting a “job done for a PTI candidate”.
In the audio involving Najam Saqib and PTI ticket hopeful Abuzar Chaddhar, Najam can be heard saying to the person on the other end that his father had worked very hard to get the job done. The caller on the other side (Chaddhar), can be heard saying he would meet Saqib Nisar, embrace him, and thank him for this favor.
Meanwhile, in a conversation with another person (Mian Uzair), Najam is asking for “not only delivery of the goods, don’t take less than 120”.
PTI gave a ticket to Abuzar Chaddhar in the second phase when party Chairman Imran Khan changed his earlier decision for 22 seats.
According to a circular of the National Assembly, a 10-member committee has been constituted to probe this matter. MNA Muhammad Aslam Bhootani will be the chairman of the panel. Other members of the panel are Shahida Akhtar Ali, Muhammad Abu Bakr, Muhammad Barjees Tahir, Sheikh Rohale Asghar, Syed Hussain Tariq, Naz Baloch, Khalid Hussain Magsi, Wajiha Qamar and Muhammad Afzal Khan Dhandla.
“The committee shall conduct a thorough investigation and inquiry of the said audio leaks and present a comprehensive report in NA. The committee shall be assisted by any investigative agency,” the NA circular added.
Former CJP’s son making money by selling PTI tickets, claims Maryam Nawaz
Earlier, Chief Organizer of PML-N and senior vice-president Maryam Nawaz said that Najam Saqib, son of former chief justice Saqib Nisar, is selling tickets for elections to make money.
Maryam said this while responding to the purported audio leak of Najam Saqib last week.
She said, “son of a thief turned out to be a thief” as former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar’s son is taking money in exchange for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tickets.
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz said, “Saqib Nisar, tell me how much money did you take in exchange for the Panama case?”
She stated this while addressing PML-N workers in Model Town, Lahore, on Monday.
Saqib Nisar, when he was the chief justice, disqualified Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister for life in the Panama Papers case in 2017.
Maryam straightened guns toward PTI chief Imran Khan and said, “This troublemaker is rallying for the workers. I will say you just stop plotting against Pakistan and the workers’ wages will be fixed.”
“There is only one person standing in the way of the development of this country and that is Imran Khan. Imran Khan is not a political opponent but a terrorist who does not care if he wins or loses, but will not let the country run.”
She said that when Imran’s sit-in in 2014 failed and Nawaz Sharif proved innocent, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa (who was at that time part of the benches that disqualified Nawaz) told Imran to bring the case to him and that he would expel Nawaz.
Maryam said that the biggest loss was done to Pakistan by ousting Nawaz Sharif and today the same process was being repeated.
