ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asi
f Ali Zardari on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and asked for amendments in National Accountabilit
y Bureau’s laws.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad Asi
f Ali Zardari said “Arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani has challenged the democracy. There is nothing new, he said, adding that National Accountability Burau’s (NAB) l
aw should be amended.
The former president said that PPP is ready to face the accountability watchdog.
Earlier today, National Accountabilit
y Bureau (NAB) arrested Agha Siraj Durr
ani in assets beyond meaning, embe
zzlement of funds and illegal appointments cases.
In a press release the NAB confirmed the arrest of speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani. He will face an inquiry for accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income and misuse of public funding.