PTI leader says NAB gave relief to thieves under ‘plea bargain’

NOWSHERA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and candidate for district nazim Liaqat Khan Khattak Tuesday said that his party would finalise names of the candidates for district and tehsil nazims on August 29.
Speaking at a press conference here, he said that his party’s popular support was manifested in the local government elections in which PTI secured 47 percent votes.
He added that the PTI had not initiated actions against anyone in the province. “Ehtesab Commission is an independent body,” he claimed, adding that weaknesses in the Ehtesab Commission had been removed and it had now become a powerful institution.
Comparing Ehtesab Commission with National Accountability Bureau (NAB), he said the NAB gave relief to thieves under ‘plea bargain’. He said elected representatives of his party can only recruit Class-IV employees. “All other recruitment is being done on merit,” he claimed.
Liaqat Khattak asked the opponents to produce proof of corruptions against his family and avoid political mud-slinging.
He rejected the allegation of Liaqat Shabab that chief minister had recruited 114 constables in the Police Department. He said that Pervez Khattak cancelled all recruitment and ordered inquiry into the matter after it was brought into his notice.