LAHORE: The NAB has summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Shujaat Hussain in assets beyond means case. The Chaudhry brothers will have to appear before the NAB team on August 16.
Last year, the NAB had re-opened the probe against both party leaders and asked them to come to the bureau’s Lahore office on November 6, 2017, and submit details of their assets.
On July 4, the anti-graft body had decided that election candidates undergoing an investigation by the bureau will not be arrested until general elections on July 25.
The restraint was put to an end on Thursday when NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal chaired a meeting to review the status of bureau’s pending cases.
He also formed a committee for the implementation of the apex court’s directives in different cases, including those in the top court. He also directed the operation and prosecution wings to pursue corruption references in different accountability courts for early adjudication.
He said it was the NAB’s duty to recover looted money from corrupt and deposit it in the national exchequer.
The NAB prosecution wing also briefed the meeting about the ongoing corruption references against Sharifs and former finance minister Ishaq Dar in the accountability court.
