After Usman Bazdar, NAB also summoned the provincial minister and PTI members of parliament.

 

LAHORE (08-Aug-2020) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar for misusing his powers. Ghazanfar Abbas has also summoned China. Ansar Majeed Niazi faces allegations of corruption in appointments and transfers / postings at the Punjab Employees Social Security Institution. MNA Malik Karamat Khokhar has been asked to appear in person to explain the record submitted to the NAB regarding movable and immovable assets in the names of himself and Malik Tauqeer Abbas.

Ghazanfar Abbas China, who is considered very close to Chief Minister Bazdar, had raised his voice against the then Chief Secretary Azam Suleiman and IGP Shoaib Dastgir for empowering Imran Khan to take decisions without political influence. He demanded that the province's chief executive and legislators be empowered to run the affairs of the province.

NAB has summoned Usman Bazdar on August 12 on charges of accepting bribe of Rs 50 billion to force the Excise and Taxation Department to issue liquor licenses for violating the law. Punjab Information Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chauhan has said that the Chief Minister He will appear before the NAB to defend the "false allegations" against him. Private TV quoted PTI sources as saying that the NAB notice to Chief Minister Usman Bazdar confirmed the news that he had. He said that if the relatives of Usman Bazdar had not received Rs 5 lakh from the owner of the hotel for issuing liquor license, then it would be a misunderstanding of the government's business. There must have been a case of failure.

He said that this corruption would cause problems for governance in Punjab against Usman Bazdar and would force Prime Minister Khan to reconsider his choice. He said that if Imran Khan Usman Bazdar was tarnished by NAB Aleem Khan, Mohsin Leghari, Aslam Iqbal, Hashim Jawan Bakht and Yawar Abbas Bukhari will be on the priority list for the post in the PTI Punjab Parliamentary Party. ) Is also important.

He said that with 10 MPAs, PML-Q fully supports Usman Bazdar and if Prime Minister Khan decides to replace him, he will have to take Chaudhry Pervez Elahi into confidence or Chaudhry Pervez Elahi. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded the Chief Minister to resign till the completion of the NAB probe against him. If he remains in office, he could influence the NAB's investigation into the liquor license case against him