Sharif family Members

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) witness Malik Tayyab Ahmed on Wednesday testified against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members before an accountability court here. Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir heard Azizia Steel Mills graft reference filed by the NAB in compliance with Supreme Court’s landmark July 28 verdict. Advocated Zafir Khan Tareen represented Sharif in his absence after the court granted him a week-long exemption from personal appearance before the court. Tayyab,…

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB)'s Lahore chapter dispatched a letter to its headquarters in Islamabad requesting the anti-graft body chairman to initiate process to place the Sharif family members on the Exit Control List (ECL), ARY News reported on Saturday. Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with his sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, daughter Maryam Nawaz, son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar may face travel restrictions after approval of NAB chairman for placing their name on the ECL. Earlier, an…

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister of State Talal Chaudhry on Monday said that former Prime Minister Sharif’s son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar handed himself into NAB officials, dispelling an impression that he was detained after his arrival at Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA). Talking to media persons prior to accountability court proceedings, the state interior minister said the ruling party believes in the supremacy of law and arrest of Captain (retd) Safdar is sheer evidence. Deploring NAB’s move, he said that…

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking to place the names of Sharif family members on the Exit Control List (ECL), ARY News reported. Justice Amir Farooq of IHC today rejected the petition for not being maintainable. The petition was filed by two members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the IHC a week after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ouster by a Supreme Court bench in the Panama Papers case verdict. Gulbaz Mushtaq and Usman Saeed Basra, two lawyers affiliated with…