PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said the move by the National Accountability Bureau, — which he referred to as the “bureau of political engineering” — to arrest the speaker of the Sindh Assembly on “trumped-up charges” was highly condemnable. “I object [and] I condemn [it] in the strongest possible words,” said Bilawal while addressing a press conference at the Sindh Assembly in Karachi. The PPP chairman said it was known that NAB’s allegation of assets beyond means can be placed on anyone and added that “there is no one law for every Pakistani”.
He said the allegation could be levelled in a manner similar to when a police officer plants drugs or alcohol on an innocent person and jails them. Bilawal said in the case of Durrani, he was taken into custody based on an allegation and there was no evidence of any corruption having been committed. He said if there had been evidence it would have been presented “but raiding his [Durrani’s] house after the arrest gives the message that there was no evidence”.
He said a raid could be carried out to find evidence, but also to falsify and plant it.“You’re giving a message like you did before,” the PPP chairman said, without explaining.
He said the PPP could not tolerate the way Durrani’s house was entered into following his arrest and added that it was against their human rights and religious beliefs. Source: dawn.com
Friday, April 24, 2026
