Accoun­tabili­ty judge 'blackm­ailed' into issuin­g verdic­t agains­t Sharif, claims Maryam­Prime Minister’s special assistant on information Firdous Ashiq Awan hit back at Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, who revealed ‘video evidence’ of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s innocence in Al-Azizia corruption reference. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the SAPM said a forensic test of the controversial video tape will be conducted to check its authenticity. Firdous said it was a violation of law to record private conversation of any judge. Nasir Butt, the man to whom judge Malik confessed of the pressure, was a criminal, claimed Awan. “He is notorious criminal, an absconder,” she said.

Source: The Express Tribune July 06, 2019 13:03 UTC