Hamza calls for accountability of NAB chairman.

LAHORE -- PML-N's Vice-President and Opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz Sharif Sunday called for accountability of NAB Chairman, saying the bureau had no evidence to proceed against him.

'If the Accountability Bureau could not bring any evidence [of corruption] against me, then I will appeal to the Chief Justices of Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court to prosecute the NAB chairman and my bail petition should be heard later,' he said, while addressing a press conference at party's Model Town office here.

Hamza challenged the accountability bureau to prove the charges against him and he would quit politics. 'If the NAB brings any evidence against me, I will apologise from the nation and quit politics forever,' he said, adding that NAB chairman should be held accountable for maligning him in a media interview.

'If the institutions can do accountability of persons holding big offices, then they should also do the same in case of NAB chairman,' he argued.

Hamza demanded formation of a larger bench to investigate charges leveled by NAB chairman against him in that interview. 'In my case, NAB chairman himself prepared the questionnaire,' he said.

PML-N leader termed the NAB action against him as the outcome of an unholy alliance between Niazi (PM) and NAB. He alleged that Imran Khan had a meeting with NAB chairman immediately after taking oath of his office.

He lamented that NAB team raided his house for two days despite the fact that he had bail orders from the court. 'Had we been thieves, I would not have returned leaving my ailing daughter at a London hospital and likewise, Mian Nawaz Sharif would not have returned leaving his ailing wife there,' he...

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