NAB recommends Sharif family assets, accounts to be seized

NAB recommends Sharif family assets, accounts to be seized

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regional office in Lahore has tightened the screw against the Sharif family as two references along with the strong recommendations have been made.

NAB has dispatched two references against Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar respectively to its headquarters for a final review and approval before filing the references in the accountability court.  

According to informed sources, NAB officials went into a huddle at the respective regional office under their Director General to mull over dispatching the references to anti-graft headquarters.

A reference against Sharif family has been forwarded to the headquarters, recommending seizure of Sharif family’s offshore properties, freezing bank accounts, and placing family members name on Exit Control List (ECL).

The second reference is against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar which has been forwarded along with the first one for possessing assets beyond means of his known sources of income.