Land scam case: Sanaullah to move court against ACE for ‘tampering record'

Islamabad: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah announced on Monday to move the court against the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) for what he said “tampering records” and “misleading the court” in a four-year-old case against him.

The case was related to the purchase of plots in a housing society at a “throwaway price”.

Last week, a Rawalpindi court had issued an arrest warrant for Sanaullah. According to Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister for Anti-Corruption retired Brigadier Musaddiq Abbasi, Sanaullah had taken two plots as “bribe” from an “illegal housing society” -- the Bismillah Housing Scheme — in Chakwal district.

Taking to Twitter, the minister alleged that the anti-corruption establishment was acting as a tool for its political masters and had falsified the record of a four-year-old case against him.

“ACE has obtained the warrant by deceiving and misleading the court by deliberately hiding the facts. This is why they are hiding the case records along with the warrant which is a legal requirement.”

صدر پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) پنجاب رانا ثناءاللّٰہ کا اینٹی کرپشن ایسٹیبلشمنٹ پنجاب کی جعل سازی کے خلاف عدالت سے رجوع کرنے کا فیصلہ!

اینٹی کرپشن اسٹیبلشمنٹ نے اپنے سیاسی آقاؤں اور عمرانی فتنے کا آلہ کا بن کر ایک چار سالہ پرانے مقدمے کے ریکارڈ میں جعل سازی کی۔

— Rana SanaUllah Khan (@PresPMLNPunjab) October 10, 2022

The PML-N leader clarified that all the prima facie evidence of forgery and fraud had already been presented in the case, claiming that the warrant was a “nefarious conspiracy” against the federal government aimed at gaining relief for PTI chairman Imran Khan.

“Hence, we have decided to approach the Hon’ble Court against fraud, forgery and record tampering,” the minister added.

Earlier today, an ACE team returned empty-handed from Islamabad’s Secretariat Police Station, citing a “lack of cooperation” from the officials.

Officials from Punjab arrived in the capital around noon and left within an hour, complaining that the police officials there did not comply with the court orders.

According to the ministry of interior's spokesperson, the ACE’s move was a nefarious conspiracy to manipulate the Federal Government to get some relief for the “Imrani Fitna. Therefore, it has been decided to take action against the responsible officials for falsifying the records and misleading the court. All the prima facie evidences of forgery and fraud in the case have been obtained.”

He said the interior minister respected the court and its every decision. “It is clear that all the conspiratorial tactics to attack the Federation will be foiled by the state power. No effort will be spared to make law-breaking and civil mischief a lesson. The ‘Imrani Fitna’ and its facilitators will not be spared,” the spokesman added.