Accountability court indicts PPP's Asma Alamgir, Arbab in disproportionate assets case
Allegedly, they accumulated assets worth Rs332 million.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - An accountability court in Peshawar on Thursday indicted former federal minister Dr Arbab Alamgir and his wife Asma Alamgir, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former MNA, in a case accusing them of assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Reportedly, the court has summoned four witnesses on January 24 to commence the trial.
On November 20, 2018, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had approved inquiries against them and claimed that during investigation it was revealed that both of the suspects had accumulated huge assets worth millions of rupees.
Allegedly, both the suspects accumulated assets to the tune of Rs332 million, which were disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Meanwhile, the couple, belonging to PPP, have repeatedly claimed innocence and that all their assets were acquired through known sources.
"There has been no reference filed against Pervez Khattak. His name should be placed on the Exit Control List," she said, adding that "NAB has turned into a joke of an institution".
She further termed the accusations as "baseless", and said that they had served the public with honesty, determination and no discrimination towards anybody, and consequently they were being rewarded with NAB references.
"NAB should execute its duties under the Constitution, and without double standards," she went on to say.
