Former Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, has strongly denied the reports of his involvement in a plea bargain with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), calling the news false and fabricated.
According to the 24NewsHD TV channel, in a statement on Wednesday, he asserted that NAB had circulated a baseless story, claiming that he had made no such deal.
Parvez Elahi also alleged that NAB has coerced many government employees into plea bargains through abduction and torture and linked it wrongly to him.
"The amount they are associating with me has nothing to do with me. This is a complete pack of lies. I neither engaged in corruption nor made any plea bargain," he said.
Parvez Elahi, who is facing several corruption cases, stated that despite the 25 fake cases filed against him and the possibility of more, he remains committed to continuing supporting Imran Khan.
Earlier today, NAB reported a significant recovery in a case involving kickbacks in contracts against Parvez Elahi and others.
The NAB Lahore spokesperson stated that Rs 36.8 million was handed over to the Punjab government, with Rs 17.2 million recovered from the former Chief Financial Officer, Ikram Naveed, through a plea bargain.