Islamabad: State minister Marriyum Aurangzeb (ENN file photo)
ISLAMABAD (ENN) State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that the ‘star witness’ has testified in favour of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif here on Wednesday.
Speaking to the press, Aurangzeb said: “Its a good news for the nation that the star witness has given testimony in favour of Nawaz, Wajid Zia has said that Nawaz Sharif has no link with Avenfield case.”
Zia, the former director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), was cross-examined by Sharif’s counsel Khuwaja Harris in the court of accountability judge Muhammad Bashir, who resumed hearing the Avenfield reference against Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar.
The minister informed that she came to know about the meeting between Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar through the Supreme Court’s press release.
She said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader is taking the court case against him to the masses.
Earlier in the day, Nawaz told journalists after appearing before the accountability court on Wednesday that the prosecutions ‘star witness’ Wajid Zia’s testimony has “washed away all the allegations against us.”
