ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has rejected all allegations levelled against him by former Federal Investigation (FIA) director-general Bashir Memon.
“All the claims made by Bashir Memon against me are baseless,” said the prime minister while speaking during a meeting with senior journalists and anchorpersons in Islamabad.
PM Imran Khan also denied directing former Federal Investigation (FIA) director-general Bashir Memon to lodge a case against anyone.
“I had only directed Memon to investigate the iqama (work permit) case of PML-N’s Khawaja Asif,” the premier said, adding that the decision to investigate the case of Khawaja Asif was taken during a meeting of the federal cabinet.
Speaking over the Jahangir Tareen issue, the prime minister assured that justice will be served in the sugar scandal case against him.
Bashir Memon, speaking in an interview with a private news channel alleged that Faroogh Naseem and Shahzad Akbar wanted him to proceed against Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa and other Opposition leaders, during his tenure as the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) director-general.
