Sehr Kamran rejects Zardari’s indictment

Islamabad: Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader and former Senator Sehar Kamran strongly condemned the indictment of President Asif Ali Zardari by NAB.

In a statement, she said, “It is a sad day for the Judicial system of Pakistan, the former President Asif Ali Zardari has been indicted in absence of his legal counsel. Such travesty of Justice further raises questions on the functioning and use of NAB as a tool for Political Engineering and Victimization of Opposition leaders”.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan and Human Rights Watch has raised serious observations on the role and functioning of the National Accountability Bureau. Unfortunately, NAB is used for political engineering and harassment to silence opposing voices, cases are built to target key figures, arrest and harass them and their basic fundamental rights are denied. Despite President Zardari’s repeated requests that his lawyers are not available today due to other cases in courts, NAB framed charges and indicted the Former President of Pakistan.

President Zardari has been facing such bogus cases and harassment since last many years. He was kept in prisons, basic medical facilities were denied till his health deteriorated, his name is in ECL, his movements have been restricted, how long such victimization will continue. NAB follows draconian laws for specific objectives to harass, suppress and oppress, the role and functioning of NAB have become highly controversial.

An inquiry against Chairman NAB’s personal conduct and character is pending since the last few months. Regretfully, at a time when UNSC President is visiting Pakistan, the basic fundamental, constitutional and legal rights of a Former President of Pakistan are denied and compromised by the Imran Khan regime.