LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif for August 20.
This is the third time that the anti-graft body has summoned Shehbaz in Punjab Power Company case.
The PML-N chief has been directed to appear before the joint investigation team in NAB Lahore office on August 20 and answer the questions during the interrogation period.
Shehbaz had last appeared before NAB earlier in July regarding a probe pertaining to alleged corruption in the Punjab Power Company (PPC) and the Saaf Pani Company (SPC). The anti-graft body had summoned the former CM on July 5 but Sharif had requested the bureau to allow him to appear a day earlier due to personal commitments. The PML-N president had been summoned by the anti-graft bureau as he was accused of misusing authority while being the Punjab CM.
After Shehbaz had failed to appear before the anti-graft bureau, it had asked the police to produce him before the bureau. The former CM had already skipped two NAB hearing in cases pertaining to the irregularities in the Saaf Pani Company and Ashiana Housing scams.
In an interview, the former Punjab CM had stated that 2018 general elections would not be considered free and fair if the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) continues to victimise PML-N in the name of accountability.
