ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aide Barrister Shahzad Akbar on October 21 for allegedly owning assets beyond his means.
“You are required to appear in person along with your response to the attached questionnaire, duly filed Asset Declaration Proforma supported with relevant documentary evidence before Mr Usman Majeed, Deputy Director Complaint Verification Cell, NAB Lahore,” a statement issued on Saturday by the anti-graft body said.
Responding to the news, Akbar termed the questionnaire a “joke” and said he would provide detailed answers.
امپورٹڈ حکومت کے ہاتھوں مجبور لٹی پٹی نیب کا مضحکہ خیز نوٹس جو میڈیا سے معلوم ہوا
سوالنامہ محض ایک مذاق لگتا ہے
رنگ روڈ، چینی اور پیٹرولیم کمیشن سے متعلقہ مضحکہ خیز سوالات جنکا انشاللہ تفصیلاؔ جواب دونگا
منی لانڈرنگ والے جب حکمران ہوں تو ایسا اندھا انتقام زدہ احتساب ہوتا ہے https://t.co/0cI3WmWSJn— Mirza Shahzad Akbar (@ShazadAkbar) October 15, 2022
“There is such blind vindictive accountability when money launderers are in power,” he tweeted.
Earlier in August, the federal cabinet approved the placement of 10 names including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahzad Akbar on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Akbar and Barrister Ziaul Mustafa Nasim were among 10 persons who were placed on the ECL by the federal cabinet, whereas the government approved striking off 22 names from the no-fly-list.
