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LAHORE: Former minister for railways Khwaja Saad Rafiq said on Tuesday the meeting of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) at Minar-i-Pakistan was an ‘unprecedented’ gathering.
“I have not seen such a big jalsa in my political career,” he insisted, responding to the journalists at the judicial complex where he arrived to attend the hearing of Paragon City reference before an accountability court.
Advising the journalists not to fall prey to the government’s propaganda, he maintained that the crowd at the PDM meeting was huge with an overwhelming participation of the Lahorites.
He also rejected the news, aired by some sections of the media, as if he showed his resentment over low turnout of the workers in the meeting from Lahore. He said these ‘engineered’ news stories were part of the government’s propaganda.
This combination file photo shows PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz. Dawn
LAHORE: The defence counsel on Saturday cross-examined two prosecution witnesses in the money laundering and illegal assets reference against the family of Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif.
During the cross-examination, a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor raised an objection when defence counsel Amjad Pervez asked Punjab Assembly Assistant Secretary Faisal Bilal, a prosecution witness, about his job. The prosecutor said the question was irrelevant.
However, Presiding Judge Jawadul Hassan overruled the objection and asked the counsel to continue the cross-examination.
Responding to the defence queries, Bilal said he had joined the investigation once to record his statement before the investigating officer. He admitted that the documents filed before the court relating to the salaries and perks of Mr Sharif and his son Hamza, the opposition le