Non-bailable arrest warrant issued for PPP's PM nominee

Acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force, Judge Shafqatullah Khan of a special ANF court in Rawalpindi issued arrest warrants for Shahabuddin and former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Musa Gilani.u00a0

The judge directed officials to arrest and present them in his court within a week.

During the hearing, ANF officials submitted a report that said they had evidence proving the alleged involvement of Shahabuddin and Ali Musa Gilani in the scam.

The arrest warrants were issued at about the same time that Shahabuddin was filing his nomination papers for the election of the new premier by the National Assembly or lower house of parliament.

Emerging from parliament, Shahabuddin thanked the ruling PPP and its leaders and workers for backing his candidature but ducked questions from the media about the arrest warrant.

Asked by a reporter if he would accept the arrest warrant, Shahabuddin only responded by quoting an Urdu couplet: "Yeh to chalti hai tujhe ooncha udane ke liye" (These violent winds blow only to make you fly high).
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