Capt Safdar appears before NAB in assets beyond means case
- By Web Desk -
- Oct 30, 2018
PESHAWAR: Captain (Retd) Muhammad Safdar, on Tuesday reached National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office here after being summoned in assets beyond means case.
Mr Safdar reached the Bureau’s office an hour earlier before his scheduled time. A team of four officials will question the son in law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif over having assets beyond known source of income.
“After questioning by the NAB officials, retired Captain Safdar will be handed over a questionnaire, said officials privy to the matter.
On October 23, the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted protective bail to Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar against two surety bonds worth Rs 0.5 million each for 10 days.
The PML-N leader approached the court, stating that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Peshawar carrying out an inquiry against him in connection with alleged accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income.
The Bureau has been persecuting him by serving notices, he alleged and added he received a subpoena from NAB just a day before his scheduled appearance on Oct 18, thus, it was impossible for him to turn up before it on such a short notice.
Besides, Mr Safdar said, he couldn’t appear owing to his ill-health.
He, therefore, apprehended that NAB may arrest him in the case, pleading with the court to grant him bail. The court granted him protective bail for ten days.
Safdar along with Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz was released from Adiala jail on Sept 19 after the Islamabad High Court suspended their prison sentences in the Avenfield corruption reference.
The IHC accepted the convicts’ petitions against the Avenfield verdict, ruling that the sentences would remain suspended until the final judgment on their appeals.
An accountability court on July 6, had handed Nawaz Sharif 10 years jail term for owning assets beyond income and one year for not cooperating with NAB in the Avenfield properties corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
His daughter Maryam Nawaz was given seven years for abetment, and her husband Captain (retd) Safdar was handed one year sentence for non-cooperation with the anti-graft authority.