NAB to send two more notices to Sharif family: sources

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) decided on Thursday to send two more notices to the Sharif family, after their persistent failure to show up before the body in relation to the Panama case investigation, Geo News reported.

In light of the apex court’s decision, the NAB has started preparing the corruption reference against the Sharif family in light of the Supreme Court's April 28 judgment in the Panama Papers case. 

The notices sent in this regard summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and children Hasan, Hussain and Maryam before the bureau's six-member central investigation team.

According to NAB officials, the institution had earlier decided not to issue more notices to the Sharif family after sending the third notice, however, it later changed its decision, informed sources.

The officials said that the Sharif family has presented contradictory perspectives on the matter. First it asked that the NAB cannot proceed with its investigatio due to a review petition submitted in the Supreme Court by Nawaz Sharif. Later, the premier’s family alleged that the NAB is not operating according to the law.

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The officials added that the NAB is working according to the law and the allegations against it are baseless.

Nawaz and his three children failed for the third time to appear before the NAB on Tuesday. 

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, who was also summoned, did not show up at the bureau either.

After the failure of Sharif family members to appear, the NAB decided to prepare references against the former prime minister.  

In its July 28 verdict, the Supreme Court had ruled to send references against Nawaz Sharif, his children Maryam, Hussain and Hasan, son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar and Dar to an accountability court.

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In its order, the five-member-bench requested the chief justice of Pakistan to nominate a judge of the Supreme Court to supervise and monitor implementation of the judgment and oversee proceedings of NAB and the accountability court.