ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will summon former premier Nawaz Sharif on 20th March in a case related to Jang Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil ur Rehman.
The NAB Lahore has directed Nawaz Sharif to appear before the Joint Investigation Team at 11 am on the designated date to record his preliminary statement.
According to the NAB, Nawaz Sharif in his tenure as the Punjab chief minister allotted a 54-Kanal plot of land in 1986 to Mir Shakil ur Rehman.
He had illegally leased the land to Rehman in 1986. He will be produced in front of an accountability court tomorrow for his physical remand.
Nawaz Sharif who is currently staying in London after being granted bail on medical grounds has been in pressure by the federal government to return back to the country.
Mir Shakil ur Rahman was arrested by the NAB on 12th March for the anti-corruption for the purchase of a 54-Kanal piece of land.
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