Azizia Steel Mills case: Counsel to appear before NAB on behalf of Sharif family
NAB had issued summons to ex-PM and his sons for August 18 to record their statements.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz were summoned by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to appear in NAB office in Lahore today (Friday) to record their statement in Azizia Steel Mills case.
The Sharif family members will not appear before NAB today to record their statements in Azizia Steel Mills case and they will be represented by their counsel.
According to NAB sources, teams have been formed to prepare four references against Sharif family on the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Meanwhile, NAB Rawalpindi team has obtained copy of the volume 10 of Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report on Thursday for the investigation against Sharif family.
NAB Rawalpindi team has delivered the copy of the volume 10 of Panama JIT report to NAB Lahore team. On the other hand, the NAB Rawalpindi team, which was investigating against Sharif family, also arrived in Lahore.
On July 28, a five judge larger bench of the Supreme Court while disqualifying Nawaz Sharif under Article 62(1)( f) of the Constitution had asked NAB to file four references in the Rawalpindi accountability court within six weeks on the basis of the material collected and referred to by the JIT as well as that already available with the Federal Investigation Agency and NAB.
It should be mentioned here that Nawaz Sharif had filed a review petition before the Supreme Court against his disqualification and also moved a separate application with a request to suspend the final verdict in the Panama Papers case as long as the review petition is pending.
