Imran, Pak anti-graft org have unholy alliance: Scam-accused Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan's Opposition leader, Sharif, has been in the National Accountability Bureau's custody since Oct 5 in connection with a housing scam

Pakistan's Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday accused the country's anti-graft body of forming an "unholy alliance" with Premier Imran Khan's party to target opposition leaders and vowed to continue his political struggle despite his arrest in a housing scam.    

Shehbaz, who is the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), addressed the National Assembly session convened on the Opposition's demands to protest his arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).  

The former Punjab chief minister has been in the NAB's custody since October 5 in connection with the housing scam. The National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser last week had ordered the NAB to bring him to the Assembly after the opposition requested him to convene a session, Dawn reported. 

Shehbaz, 67, thanked opposition parties and leaders, in particular, Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, for backing him.  

"This is the first time in history that an opposition leader was arrested without any charges in such a hasty manner," said Shehbaz, adding that he did not want to discuss the merit of the case against him.