ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed a supplementary reference against the Sharif family in the pending London flats case.
The reference lists seven new witnesses of which two are based in the United Kingdom (UK). The reference filed with the accountability court’s registrar office also includes evidence found during investigation.
Robert Redlee, one of the witnesses listed in the reference is a forensic expert based in the UK. A close relative of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head Wajid Zia has also been listed as one of the witnesses. Two witnesses are related to the ministry of information, one is part of a private TV channel and two are part of NAB.
According to NAB, Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Safdar, Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz’s TV interviews are also part of the new evidence.
Last year, the JIT in its report had claimed Maryam is the real and ultimate beneficial owner of the Avenfield apartments. She never declared the ownership of these overseas properties, submitted fake documents and misled the Supreme Court, concluded the JIT in its report.
“It has been proved beyond doubt that Ms Maryam Safdar had been the owner of Avenfield properties,” the JIT stated, adding that the documents submitted by the respondents are ‘fake and manipulated’.
It added that the analysis of tax returns of Maryam – the political heir apparent of the Sharif family – shows that she had never declared the Avenfield apartments as her overseas properties.
