NAB issues summons to Nawaz Sharif and his sons: sources
Sources claimed that summons were issued to Nawaz Sharif, Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) issued summons to ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and his sons, Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz, sources claimed on Wednesday.
A team from Rawalpindi NAB will record statements of the former prime minister and his children. It has told that they will be questioned over Al-Azizia Steel Mills.
Sources told ex-PM and his sons have been summoned at NAB’s Lahore office on August 18. Although a team of Rawalpindi NAB officials will record their statements, the Sharif family members will stay in Lahore as the team will travel to Punjab’s provincial capital. NAB has been preparing references on the orders of Supreme Court in Panama case verdict.
According to sources, questions regarding how Al-Azizia Steel Mill was made, from where the funds came from, how funds transferred after sale of the mill, and more. The NAB team will be headed additional director. Supreme Court had directed NAB to prepare three references in which one was regarding Al-Azizia Steel Mill. Other two references concern London flats and 16 offshore companies held by the Sharif family.
It should be mentioned that Nawaz Sharif had submitted review appeals in the top court against the verdict of disqualification, attaching documents of Capital FZE salary and UAE Iqama (work permit). His lawyer reasoned that a stay order should be issued on Panama case decision until review petition is ruled, questioning the jurisdiction of five-member bench after dissenting notes by two of the judges. Supreme Court had disqualified Nawaz Sharif in Panama case verdict on the basis of his non-withdrawn salary, considering it part of his assets.
