ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister’s Advisor on Interior and Accountability Barrister Shahzad Akbar said Monday that former Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Justice of Rana Shamim was favoured by Nawaz Sharif in 2015. He said Rana Shamim got recorded his statement in favour of proclaimed offender Nawaz Sharif because now he is returning all the past favours of Nawaz Sharif.
In a tweet on Monday, he said, “Rana Sahib of Sahiwal was gifted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and was appointed as the Chief Judge of Gilgit-Baltistan back in 2015”. “Returning the gift, Rana Shamim today gave the statement in favor of fugitive criminal Nawaz Sharif”, Barrister Shehzad Akbar tweeted.
Shahzad Akbar said, “Ahead of three days on the appeal hearing of Maryam Nawaz in High Court, all this made published in newspaper front page to trample the fact.