Shehbaz sends ‘detailed reply’ to NAB in assets case: sources

LAHORE: Former chief minister Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif, on Tuesday submitted a detailed answer to questions put up by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case pertaining to amassing of assets beyond known sources of income, ARY News reported.

According to sources, the NAB will now go through the reply submitted by the opposition leader of the National Assembly and will decide the further course of action.

Sources informed that the accountability watchdog would subsequently decide about summoning the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif.

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The NAB is also expected to question Shehbaz Sharif over his banking transactions in the recent years, sources said.

The NAB will also grill the National Assembly opposition leader regarding two individuals – Fazal Dad and Qasim Qayyum, who were arrested couple of days ago by the NAB.

The NAB had arrested two individuals Qayyum and Dad on April 6 for facilitating the Sharif family, particularly Shehbaz Sharif, his sons Hamza and Suleman Shehbaz, over money laundering charges.

In an application submitted to an accountability judge seeking remand of the accused, NAB said it had launched an inquiry against the Sharif family in October last year for their alleged involvement in corrupt practices after the State Bank of Pakistan report, dated Jan 12, 2018, revealed “suspicious and cash transactions in the bank accounts of Shehbaz and his sons”.