NAB summons Maryam Nawaz in another case on March 26

Dunya News

Maryam Nawaz has been summoned by NAB in the illegal land transfer case.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – After the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has also summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-president Maryam Nawaz in the illegal land transfer case on March 26.

According to the NAB Lahore spokesperson, the anti-corruption watchdog has summoned the PML-N leader for investigation of the alleged illegal transfer of 1500-kanal land in her name in Jati Umrah.

The spokesperson told that Sharif family is accused of illegally acquiring over 3000 kanals of land in 2013 and of changing the Lahore Master Plan in 2015 with the help of the then DCO Noorul Amin Mengal and LDA DG Ahad Khan Cheema.

It has further been alleged that Sharif family, with the connivance of officials, got thousands of kanals in Jati Umrah declared as green land. The NAB notice directed Maryam Nawaz to bring all required records with her on March 26.

Let it be known that the anti-corruption watchdog had Wednesday summoned the PML-N leader in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case after obtaining new evidences against her. She has been accused of money laundering worth billions of rupees.

Maryam Nawaz was previously summoned by the anti-graft body on August 11, 2020 in the illegal land transfer case but the hearing was adjourned after a clash erupted between the PML-N workers and police.