Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have 'rejected' the appointment of former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Azmat Saeed as chief of the inquiry committee to probe the Broadsheet scandal.

Senior PML-N leader and former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, while speaking to a GEO, said that the way the PTI government is handling the Broadsheet saga 'is nothing less of a joke'. Ahsan said that former SC justice has 'a personal interest in proving allegations by the Broadsheet right since he headed the bench that disqualified Nawaz Sharif without indicting him.'

The former federal minister also said that when the asset recovery agreement was signed between Broadsheet and National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Azmat Saeed was part of the anti-corruption watchdog, and therefore, his credibility to head the probing committee is questionable.

Iqbal also pointed out that former justice was invited to join the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital's Board of Governors after his retirement by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Nayyar Hussain Bukhari, a senior leader of the PPP, said the appointment of Azmat Saeed shows the government is dishonest and wants to distort the facts.

The reaction came after it was shared by the Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chahudary on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Justice(r) Azmat Saeed as chief of the Broadsheet inquiry committee.

PM Imran Khan on Wednesday chaired the federal cabinet session to review the political, economic, and security situation of the country. During the meeting, it was decided to hold a thorough investigation into the Broadsheet scandal in order to expose the elements involved in looting the national wealth.

It is pertinent to mention here that a cabinet committee had been constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan under the convenor-ship of Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting while the other members include Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari and Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. The committee had been tasked to give recommendations regarding the actions on Broadsheet revelations.