While the senior Sharif was granted bail in one case he awaits the same result in another reference where the basis for incarceration is as flimsy as in the previous one. Last week the younger Sharif was also granted bail and according to the LHC’s verdict in both cases against him it turns out NAB did not accuse Shehbaz of graft in either one. In such a setting one cannot blame the opposition for continuously blaming the ruling party for using the accountability watchdog as a tool for political victimization. NAB needs to be reined in and the only way to achieve that is the government and opposition reaching some consensus to introduce a new law. These days however they are at each other’s throats, ironically owing largely to the same institution they ought to be reforming.

Source: Pakistan Today February 23, 2019 21:33 UTC