LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to summon former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif through police on July 5 after he didn’t appear before the Bureau twice in the Saaf Pani Company scam.
Sources said that it has been decided to write a letter to the CCPO Lahore with the directions to deliver the summons to Shahbaz through his office. Moreover, it was learnt that the CCPO will be asked to ensure his presence before the combined investigation team (CIT) of the accountability watchdog. To make sure the delivery of summons to Shahbaz’s residence in Model Town, the Bureau will ask the CCPO office to submit a report through the SHO concerned on July 4, a day before the appearance of the former chief minister before the NAB.
The sources said they had decided to take help from the police due to different reasons and the continuous non-appearance before the CIT was one of them. Moreover, most of the accused had made it a habit to blame the NAB of not sending notices and summons despite delivery of summons and notices to them by the bureau. They said even on Wednesday, allegations surfaced from Zaeem Qadri that summons were not delivered to him contrary to the fact that they were and it is part of the record. In order to avoid such a situation, the Bureau decided to seek police help for delivery of summons and their presence before the NAB. Zaeem Qadri’s appearance was due on Wednesday before the NAB but he didn’t appear. The Bureau also summoned former MPA Saif-ul-Malook Khokhar in the same scam for June 28 (today).
