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LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has approved a new inquiry against the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and the PML-N’s president Shehbaz Sharif.
However, the inquires against former finance minister Ishaq Dar and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Akram Khan Durrani were closed due to lack of evidence.
According to a notification issued Wednesday by the anti-graft watchdog, the approvals for two references and eight new inquiries were approved during a meeting of the NAB Executive Board presided over by Justice (r) Javed Iqbal.
The eight new inquiries approved by the NAB Executive Board included one against Shehbaz Sharif, the notification said.
Corruption references against the former Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairperson, Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, and the former director-general of the Parks and Horticulture, Karachi, Liaquat Ali Khan, were also approved, read the notification.
NAB decided to refer the investigations against officers and officials and others of NADRA to the Interior Ministry, sending two cases to CDA, cases against officers/officials of National Highways to the Ministry of Communication for further action.