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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice has summoned National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman former Justice Javed Iqbal today (Wednesday) to explain the order of an inquiry into allegation of laundering $4.9 billion to India against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Committee Chairman Chaudhary Muhammad Ashraf while talking to Business Recorder said, “We have summoned the NAB chairman on Wednesday to the meeting to explain the allegation of money laundering against Nawaz Sharif.” He said that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbais had raised the issue on the floor of the National Assembly about a press release issued by NAB in which it asked for probing the allegation of money laundering against Nawaz Sharif and others. He said that the Prime Minister had proposed to constitute a special parliamentary committee comprising members of all parliamentary parties to investigate the matter.
However, he said the special parliamentary committee could not be constituted and the matter was referred to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice. He said that the standing committee would meet on Wednesday (today) at 2:30pm in committee room # 5 to discuss the issue.
He said that NAB Chairman former Justice Javed Iqbal would appear before the committee and brief on the probe into allegation against the former prime minister and others. He said that the committee also asked the NAB chairman to brief about evidences in this regard.
The standing committee also told the NAB chief that he must be accompanied by officers involved in the probe.
Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Rana Hayat of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) also raised this matter on the floor of the National Assembly.
The NAB on May 8 had ordered an inquiry against Nawaz Sharif and others for allegedly laundering $4.9 billion to India.
According to a NAB statement, the chairman took notice of a media report which made the claims citing a World Bank report. However, the World Bank had already rejected this report.
