Nawaz acquitted in Flagship case on 'technical grounds', argues Fawad.

Nawaz failed to provide money trail, Fawad hails historic' verdict Zardari looted 35% of Sindh's Rs2,000bn developmental budget with CM Murad's help, alleges Fawad Shahzad Akbar claims a fake bank was made to get govt contracts, establish Zardari system' ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday hailed the historic' verdict against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, adding that he has only been acquitted by the accountability court in Flagship Investment corruption case on "technical grounds". Speaking to media in Islamabad hours after the , the information minister said that the PML-N supremo has been acquitted in the other reference because his sons didn't appear before the court.

[Nawaz's] children proved to be so unworthy that they did not even appear [in court] for their father's defence," Fawad told reporters. Nawaz cannot be arrested until Hasan Nawaz is sentenced.

" The children of a three-time prime minister have taken the position that they are not Pakistani citizens," he added. "As per the NAB law, if a person is unable to justify the sources of his earnings then that amount is considered as corruption," he said, adding that Nawaz Sharif was unable to provide money trail for his assets, therefore, he was sentenced to seven years in prison.

The information minister congratulated the nation for the recent verdict against Nawaz. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's birthday is coming in a day.

Jinnah has always spoken against financial malpractices," he said. Today, mafias are being unveiled.

" Fawad called the accountability court's decision "historic".The information minister said that the people who are still defending Nawaz Sharif should be ashamed of themselves because the money involved in the scam belongs to the people of Pakistan.

In 1992, a law was made that the source of money won't be asked for the funds coming from abroad, but according to the NAB law section 9 it is mandatory to prove the source of income," he said. Fawad said that Nawaz failed to give money trail to the parliament or before the court of law.

Fake companies were made for money laundering," he added. MURAD ALLEGED OF MONEY LAUNDERING': The information minister further accused Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah of being involved in the money laundering scam.

Zardari has looted 35 per cent of Rs2,000 billion provincial developmental budget," Fawad said in reference to the recent . Special Assistant to Prime...