PTI's Fawad rejects PM Shehbaz's offer to probe letter-gate scandal

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader and former information minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has rejected the offer made by the newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to probe letter-gate scnadal, saying it's a cheap move to get himself (Shehbaz}an NRO.     

After being elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan following Imran Khan's ouster through the no-confidence motion, Shehbaz Sharif vowed that his government would probe the letter-gate scandal and reveal the facts before the public. 

Reacting to the news, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter and rejected the newly-elected premier's offer.

شہباز شریف کی لیٹر گیٹ اسکینڈل کی تحقیقات کرانے کی پیشکش کو مسترد کرتے ہیں، یہ خود کو NRO دینے کی بھونڈی کوشش ہے، لیٹر گیٹ کی تحقیقات کیلئے سپریم کورٹ کو آزاد کمیشن بنانا چاہئے جس کی سربراہی ایسے شخص کے پاس ہو جس پر کوئ انگلی نہ اٹھا سکے۔۔

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 11, 2022

"We reject Shehbaz Sharif's offer to probe the letter-gate scandal as it is a vicious attempt to give himself an NRO," he said.

"The Supreme Court should form an independent commission to investigate the letter-gate scandal, headed by a person with a clean record," the PTI leader demands in the tweet.