The government is not pursuing any case against the Sharif brothers, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday.
Giving a policy statement regarding the re-opening of corruption cases by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, the premier said his government did not believe in the politics of victimisation.
Gilani said he was aware of reports of the re-opening of NAB cases against the Sharif brothers. "There are no proceedings against any political leader by NAB," he added. He said a cabinet committee had been formed to repeal the NAB Ordinance and draft a new law to ensure transparent and across-the-board accountability.
However, he said the NAB Ordinance could not be repealed currently because Article 6 of the Constitution protects it.
Gilani said NAB had been placed under the control of the Law Ministry, adding that the government would not set up any special court to hear cases against politicians and that ordinary courts will take up all such cases.
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal also welcomed the prime minister's policy statement, but said the PML-N had reservations over the transfer of NAB cases to ordinary courts.