The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has once again summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for questioning in a case pertaining to alleged misuse of official powers.
The NAB’s combined investigation team had summoned the former prime minister on May 20.
Earlier, Nawaz had not appeared before the bureau despite a summons as he was in London at the time.
The Sharif brothers are accused of misusing their authority to increase the cover area of the road between Raiwind and the Sharif family residence – Jati Umra.
The bureau claimed the road was widened by four feet from 20 to 24 feet. The case involves the alleged misappropriation of Rs125 million.
It was alleged that the funds allocated for development projects by the District Council, Lahore were used for construction of the road.
Investigations against the Sharif brothers in the case were initiated by NAB on April 17, 2000. NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal had recently ordered a reinvestigation into the case after which the bureau would submit a reference in an accountability court.
Published in Daily Times, May 14th 2018.
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