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Bilawal, Shehbaz condemn Jang Group/Geo Editor-in-Chief’s arrest

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, on Thursday condemned Jang Group/Geo’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakilur Rehman’s arrest by the National Accountability Burea (NAB).

The allegations against the Jang Group CEO is related to a property he allegedly bought illegally from a Government entity more than 34 years ago. The property, in fact, was bought from a private party and all evidence of this was provided to NAB including the legal requirements that were fulfilled such as the payment of duty and taxes.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, on Thursday condemned Jang Group/Geo’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakilur Rehman’s arrest by the National Accountability Burea (NAB).

The allegations against the Jang Group CEO is related to a property he allegedly bought illegally from a Government entity more than 34 years ago. The property, in fact, was bought from a private party and all evidence of this was provided to NAB including the legal requirements that were fulfilled such as the payment of duty and taxes.

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said media was the fourth pillar of the state which “fascist rulers” were trying to destroy. “We can smell revenge from Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman’s arrest,” he said.

Shehbaz said that the media was being suppressed over the past 18 years. He said that a government which was going down always attacked the media and political opponents.

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