Information Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhary has said the federal government has nothing to do with the arrest of Khawaja Brothers by the NAB Lahore and barring Hamza Shahbaz from going abroad.

In a statement in Islamabad, he said neither the government formed the cases against Saad Rafique and Salman Rafique and nor it appointed those NAB officers who have arrested them.

He said they have been arrested by the NAB Lahore after rejection of their interim bail applications by Lahore High Court in the Paragon Housing Scam.

Fawad Choudhary, however, said that action taken by the independent and sovereign institutions against those who are involved in corruption and plundering the national exchequer shows that the country is heading in a right direction.