LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought from the Punjab Excise and Taxation Department de-tails of purchase and sale of vehicles “in the name of” 22 members of former prime minister Imran Khan’s cabinet as part of its investigation in the Al Qadir Trust case.
The Al Qadir Trust case alleges that the ex-premier and his wife, Bushra Bibi, obtained billions of rupees and land worth hundreds of kanals from Bahria Town Ltd for legalising Rs50 billion that was identified and returned to the coun-try by the UK during the previous PTI government.
In connection with the case, NAB issued a letter to the provincial excise department, stating that the bureau’s Rawal-pindi office was “conducting an investigation against the subject of persons on the allegations of corruption and cor-rupt practices under the provisions of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999”.
“In view thereof, you are requested to provide the details/ copies of certified documents of any vehicles’ sales/purchase during the period of Jan 2018 till date in the name of the following persons by June 20, 2023” before the NAB’s combined investigation team in Islamabad, the letter read.
NAB has sought details about the sale or purchase of vehicles in the name of the following persons under Section 19 (power to call for information) of the NAB Ordinance.
Asad Umar
Shireen Mazari
Pervez Khattak
Fawad Chaudhry
Hammad Azhar
Azam Khan Swati
Sheikh Rashid Ahmad
Zaheeruddin Babar Awan
Omar Ayub Khan
Shafqat Mahmood
Faisal Vawda
Murad Saeed
Ali Amin Khan Gandapur
Syed Ali Haider Zaidi
Khusro Bakhtiar
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui
Ghulam Sarwar Khan
Zubaida Jalal
Ijaz Ahmad Shah
Muhammad Farogh Naseem
Muhammad Soomro
Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan
NAB spokesperson Kashif Zaman told media that the letter was issued a few days ago but did not specify the exact date. –Agencies
