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| India-Pakistan |
| Stay orders prevent NAB from acting against Sharifs |
| 2016-01-21 |
| [DAWN] ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry was informed on Wednesday that the NAB's Rawalpindi region could not take action in cases against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... and Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... because they had obtained stay orders. During his annual visit to the NAB Rawalpindi Regional Headquarters, Mr Chaudhry was told that the Sharif brothers had again taken a fresh stay order from the Lahore High Court. A source told Dawn that the Sharif brothers had taken advantage of stay orders since their cases were reopened in 2007 when the Supreme Court allowed Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistain from exile. Three corruption references and at least six inquiries have been pending with NAB and accountability courts against the Sharif brothers and other members of their family. |
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