Shehbaz, Sharif family to meet today to discuss political situation in country
Last updated on: 02 December,2018 04:53 pm
NAB had allowed Nawaz Sharif to meet the ex-Chief Minister of Punjab.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to meet Sharif family today (Sunday).
According to details, Shehbaz Sharif will meet former Prime Minister Nawaz Shrif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz to discuss National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases and ongoing political situation in the country. Shehbaz Sharif will also take Nawaz Sharif into confidence over contacting opposition parties.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had allowed Nawaz Sharif to meet the ex-Chief Minister of Punjab.
It is pertinent here to mention that on November 26, both PML-N leaders had meet to discussed NAB cases and political situation in the country.
Shehbaz Sharif’s arrest
NAB had arrested Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme scam on October 5. The former chief minister was charged with awarding illegal contracts to his favorite firm.
He was apprehended during his appearance before NAB in Saaf Pani Company scam. Sources told that three files were tabled before him. The bureau quizzed Sharif regarding a tender awarded to a private consultancy company for a survey of the Saaf Pani company.
The PML-N president had failed to satisfy the probing team of the bureau during the investigation and was ultimately arrested.
The anti-graft watchdog had claimed that the company did not conduct any kind of survey but nevertheless was provided a lucrative sum of Rs 1.5 billion.
Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s principal secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad became an approver in the case. Fawad Hassan Fawad, in his statement before NAB, had claimed that he had awarded a contract to a “favourite firm” in the Rs14 billion Ashiana Housing project at the behest of Shahbaz Sharif.
The anti-graft agency said that the contract for the housing scheme was won by a construction company titled Chaudhry Latif and Sons but Sharif cancelled it and later on awarded the contract to Lahore Casa Developers – a proxy group of Paragon City (Pvt) Limited, which is said to be owned by ex-Railways Minister Saad Rafique”.