KARACHI: As the controversy over the role of an aide to the prime minister in filing of a reference against a Supreme Court judge deepened, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Wednesday denied he had pressured former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general Bashir A. Memon into filing the reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Law Minister Farogh Nasim came forward to lend support to Mr Akbar, asking why the former FIA head had not spoken out during the past several months. Also, Mr Akbar sent a legal notice to Mr Memon stating that his ‘libellous statements’ were ‘completely untrue’.