NAB team visits Jati Umrah with warrants for Sharif children
September 29, 2017
LAHORE: A team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore officials on Friday arrived at the residence of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at Jati Umrah with bailable arrest warrants for his children and son-in-law, sources confided to Geo News.
The accountability court, hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family, had on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam, sons Hussain and Hasan, and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar to ensure their presence. They had also been directed to submit surety bonds worth Rs1 million each.
Nawaz Sharif's personal secretary, Qamar Zaman, received the warrants from the six-member team led by a deputy director, which acted on the orders of the accountability court.
Judge Mohammad Bashir of the accountability court had also ordered the Sharif children to appear before the court on October 2, the next date of hearing.
At present, Hasan, Hussain and Maryam Nawaz are in London tending to their mother, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, who is undergoing treatment for lymphoma. Safdar is also in London.
Earlier on Friday, NAB sent the warrants to Pakistan HC in London.
Nawaz delays visit to London
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader has delayed his plans to visit London after it was reported that his wife’s health has improved.
Nawaz was expected to leave for London on Thursday after it emerged that his wife was re-admitted to the hospital upon worsening of her condition, Geo News had reported.
The medical condition of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz had deteriorated on Tuesday evening after which she was readmitted to the hospital. Sources informed that Kulsoom was admitted to the emergency unit of Princess Grace Hospital in London.
Nawaz returned to Pakistan on September 25 and appeared before the accountability court a day after.
The court will indict the ousted prime minister on October 2.
