From Abid Usman
LAHORE: An accountability court in Lahore on Friday sent Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif to jail on 14-day judicial remand in assets beyond income case.
The accountability court’s judge Jawadul Hassan heard the case pertains to the assets beyond income against PML-N senior leader Khawaja Asif. The accused was produced before the court amid strict security arrangements.
During the hearing, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor sought physical remand of Khawaja Asif. He said that millions of rupees had been deposited in different bank accounts of the accused, whereas, Rana Abdul Waheed had deposited Rs30 million. When the persons got interrogated, they said that Asif had given the cash to deposit it to the accounts, he added.
Khawaja Asif had not disclosed the sources of income to get Rs280 million in his accounts, whereas, he also failed to provide satisfactory answers for making Rs60 million investments in different companies. In 2009, Rs100 million had been deposited to his account from a foreign country, the prosecutor said.
The judge remarked that NAB is responsible for holding investigation and it should tell the court about the information it collected from a foreign company. To this, NAB prosecutor said that the company’s owner is Asif’s friend and he is summoned on January 28.
