NAB summons former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on March 20

The National Accountability Bureau has summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before it on March 20, 2020, in relation to a property case.

According to a local report, the former prime minister has been summoned by the anti-graft watchdog in relation to a property case involving Jang Geo Media Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman.

NAB claims Nawaz allotted a 54-kanal plot of land to Rahman in 1986, when he was the chief minister of Punjab.

It is pertinent to mention here that Nawaz is in London where he is undergoing treatment for various illnesses. MSR was arrested by NAB a few days ago when he appeared before the Lahore office of the bureau in relation to the private property case.

According to Jang Group’s spokesperson, the property in question had been bought from a private party, and all the evidence, including legal requirements like duty and taxes, to this effect, were provided to the anti-graft body.

MSR had gone on Thursday on a call-up notice for verification of the complaint, but the arrest was made.

Responding to matter the Jang Group spokesperson had denied the allegations.

He said: “In the past 18 months, the NAB sent our reporters, producers and editors, directly and indirectly, over a dozen notices, threatening shutdown of our channels (via PEMRA) due to the Jang/Geo Group’s reporting and its programmes about the NAB. In its defence, the NAB has in writing said that it is a constitutionally-protected institution that can’t be criticized.”

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been summoned by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to appear before it in a case pertaining to the alleged allotment of a land to the Editor-in-Chief Jang Geo Media Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman.

NAB claims that Nawaz — when he was the Punjab chief minister — allotted a 54-kanal plot of land in 1986 to MSR. The former prime minister has been summoned by the anti-graft watchdog at 11:00AM on March 20, 2020.