LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has once again been summoned by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) today in the assets beyond means case.
Shehbaz Sharif will be probed by the NAB about the property he had inherited and loans that were taken from Barclays Bank between 2005 and 2007.
During the last hearing, the PML-N president was questioned about his relation to Nisar Ahmed Gill and Ali Ahmed. The expenditure of party funds was also brought up during the investigation.
According to Shehbaz Sharif, all his assets were declared while all records had been handed over to the authorities. In April, NAB warned the PML-N that legal action will be taken against him if he fails to before the accountability body, however, the president did not appear.
The PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said that Shehbaz Sharif provided the required documents to the NAB. “He is a cancer survivor and had been advised by the doctor against any travelling during the pandemic,” she added.
Previously, Shehbaz Sharif was summoned by the NAB along with a detailed record of properties inherited by him. According to the bureau, his family’s assets had grown from Rs23 million to Rs549 billion between 1998 and 2018.
“As a public office holder Shehbaz needs to explain the increase in his assets,” NAB said. NAB also asked him to submit bank details along with the loan taken from Barclays bank between 2005 and 2007.
The bureau had frozen a cottage and a villa in Pir Sohawa and two more plots in Chiniot of Shehbaz Sharif. Moreover, the NAB sealed his nine plots in Lahore’s Johar Town, four in Judicial Colony, two houses in Model Town, and as many houses in DHA.
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