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Pakistani Opposition Politician Taken to Accountability Court

Upload Date: 30th September 2020. 00:44:56

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Sticker Text Translation: give respect to the vote

Video Translation: Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif has been taken to accountability court. The NAB (National Accountability Bureau) team will appeal for a physical remand order. Shahbaz Sharif has decided to fight his own case. He will give his own case in the accountability court. Mr. Shahbaz Sharif has not taken any lawyer’s help for the case. We can tell you NAB had taken Shahbaz Sharif into custody yesterday per a court order for the money laundering case and today has been taken to the accountability court by NAB where arguments are being heard. Important news is Shahbaz Sharif has decided to fight his own case and will give his own testimony and arguments, he hasn’t taken the help of any lawyers. In addition to that the court will hear NAB’s appeal for a physical remand order.


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Shahbaz Sharif is the current Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly who was arrested on the 28th of September in connection to a money laundering probe and the well-known Ashiana housing scandal.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1582103

https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/562283-Accountability-court-one-year-time-trial-Ashiana-reference

The video claims that Shahbaz Sharif plans to fight his own case without the help of lawyers. The following video from the reputable ‘Dunya News’ outlet confirms this, saying that until now Sharif had used the services of lawyers Azam Nazir Tarar and Amjad Parvez but will now present arguments and testimony himself.

https://video.dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/mustwatch/128128/Shehbaz-Sharif-decides-to-defend-his-own-case-without-lawyer

The original broadcast in the TikTok video could not be located but through a reverse image search we can see that it likely came from the channel ‘24 News HD’. The screens in the background of the anchor display logos similar to ones found on 24 News HD.

https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&cbir_id=3577880%2FHBJkxIBVagoTjN-D_MBGZQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcmpeVbSSQlZRvHfdC-CRwg