NAB has summoned Noon League leader Hanif Abbasi in person.

 

LAHORE (08-Aug-2020) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has summoned PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi in person. NAB summons Hanif Abbasi on August 17 in Punjab Sports Board corruption case while NAB Lahore also sent a questionnaire containing 20 questions to Hanif Abbasi. Has been launched.

In the questionnaire sent to Hanif Abbasi by NAB, it has been inquired whether he had a meeting with the Chief Minister of Punjab on January 4, 2017. What was the purpose of setting up a project management unit in the Punjab Sports Board? Another question asked was why did you put pressure on the Punjab Chief Minister and the board members to set up a project management unit? Who was the competent authority of the project management unit and what is its legal status? As chairman of the steering committee, what options did you have?

It may be recalled that two years ago, after the ephedrine case, the ANF froze all the assets and bank accounts of Hanif Abbasi and others on the charge that these assets were made from the proceeds from the sale of ephedrine. The petitioner had sought a court order on his move, but the court also rejected the ANF's request for confiscation of assets.

Special Anti-Narcotics Court Judge Sohail Nasir, while ruling on Hanif Abbasi's request for restoration of assets, also restored the accounts of Hanif Abbasi, his family and close relatives. It should be noted that PML-N A case was filed against Hanif Abbasi and other accused in July 2012 for obtaining 500 kg of ephedrine. Apart from Hanif Abbasi, Ghazanfar, Ahmed Bilal, Abdul Basit, Nasir Khan, Siraj Abbasi, Nazakat and Mohsin Khurshid Includes named personalities.

During the hearing in the ephedrine quota case, 5 judges have been changed so far while 36 witnesses have recorded their testimony. The accused are accused of misusing ephedrine and selling it to drug smugglers. In the Ephedrine Quota case, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had registered a case No. 41 under the Nine C Act against Hanif Abbasi and other accused. On July 21, an anti-narcotics court in Rawalpindi acquitted PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi of life imprisonment in the ephedrine case, while acquitting seven other accused on the ground of lack of evidence. He has also been declared ineligible for politics for life.