3:02 AM
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik is one of 10 parliamentarians against whom cases of corruption are pending in various courts, the National Assembly was informed on Wednesday.
In reply to a question asked by Tasneem Siddiqui of the PMLN, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Moula Bukhsh Chandio told the house that 10 members of parliament were yet to get their names cleared from charges of corruption.
According to the law minister, corruption cases against three legislators were closed during the past few years.
Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, who has recently resigned from the National Assembly and joined the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf, has a corruption case pending in the Lahore High Court.
A case against the interior minister is pending in the Supreme Court.
The written reply didn’t include details of the charges.
Mr Malik wasn’t available to explain the nature and status of his case.
However, Mr Hashmi told this reporter that false cases had been framed against him during the regime of Gen Pervez Musharraf. He was accused of keeping more assets than his known means which he successfully fought against in the court.
According to Mr Hashmi, he was acquitted in the case in April 2008. He expressed shock over the inclusion of his name in the list.
Other lawmakers facing cases are former interior minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao in the Supreme Court, PPP MNA NawabYousuf Talpur in LHC’s Rawalpindi bench, PML-N MNA Hamza Shehbaz Sharif in the same bench,
PML-N MNA Rana Nazir Ahmad in an accountability court, PPP MNA Tariq Anees in an accountability court, PPP Senator Malik Salahuddin Dogar in the LHC, independent MNA Zafar Baig Bettani in the Peshawar High Court, JUI Senator Ghulam Ali in the PHC and PPP MNA Ghulam Ali Nazamani in an accountability court.
The lawmakers against whom charges of corruption have been dropped are MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique of the PML-N, MNA Anwar Ali Cheema of the PML-Q and Production Minister Mian Mohammad Asif.
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