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FIRST it was Nawaz Sharif’s conviction and now the noose is tightening around former president Asif Ali Zardari. The plot is getting thicker.
Does it appear coincidental that days after Sharif’s conviction, a multibillion-rupee money-laundering scandal involving Zardari and his sister should surface?
One wonders why the case has been taken up now so close to the polls.
The timing of the action is particularly curious and has provided fuel to conspiracy theories about politicians being targeted before the polls in an effort to achieve the ‘desired result’.
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Jul 11, 2018 02:11pm
Remember .... NAB was for a long time headed by a person appointed by both PPP and PML-N ....and the NAB chief did nothing .... now when something meaningful is being done, to criticize it is not fair.
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Jul 11, 2018 07:28pm
Third attempt at a comment :
Please remember that NAB was headed by a person chosen by PPP and PML -N and predictably no accountability took place for a long time .....now accountability is taking place and a deliberate perception is being created that it 's timing is suspect ...... sorry this does not wash.
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