Fake accounts case: NAB summons CM Murad Ali Shah today
- By Nazir Shah -
- Sep 17, 2019
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) has summoned Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a case pertaining to fake accounts today (Tuesday), ARY News reported, citing sources.
As per sources, the NAB’s Karachi chapter has asked Sindh CM to appear before NAB’s Karachi office at 11:00 am over interrogation into fake accounts case.
The Sindh CM has been summoned over the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) report into the fake account case, said anti-graft watchdog in a statement.
Earlier in August, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) claimed to have recovered over Rs13 billion in fake bank accounts scandal case.
Briefing to NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on fake bank accounts scandal case at Rawalpindi office, Director General Irfan Naeem Mangi said that six references had been filed against former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Younus Qidwai, and Hussain Lawai.
He said that the money recovered from the suspects had been submitted in the national exchequer.
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He urged the bureau officials to dispense their duties without any fear or influence. Javed Iqbal directed the officials to give respect to each accused and give him or her full chance to submit his version.