Freezing Shahbaz Sharif’s declared, inherited properties not fair: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary General and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal said freezing PML-N President Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif’s declared and inherited properties and similar vindictive moves were being carried out on the government’s behest.

He said that it is not fair to seal declared and inherited properties without solid reasons. He questioned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s sincerity in bringing legislation and ironing out the lacunae in the reappointment or extension of tenure of army chief.

This government would not be on warpath with opposition if it was sincere on the matter, Ahsan Iqbal said while addressing the media outside the Parliament House after the PML-N’s central and provincial organisations meeting on Tuesday.

He said that the government is playing dangerous game regarding the matter of extension in tenure of army chief and wants to break all the relations with the opposition for this. He said that when the draft regarding legislation will come then the opposition will announce joint strategy. He said that the application of NAB against Shahbaz Sharif, based on ambiguity,