*ISLAMABAD – **Firing has been reported outside the residence of senior NABOfficer who has been following high profile cases.*

*Firing was reported outside the residence of NAB Deputy Prosecutor SardarMuzaffar Abbasi in Islamabad’s Sector I-8 Thursday night. *

Abbasi said that he was walking around his house with his son and brotherwhen he heard gunshots. He, however, didn’t see the shooter.

A press release issued by NAB said that its chairperson Justice (retd)Javed Iqbal has taken notice of the “assassination attempt” on Abbasi anddirected bureau’s Rawalpindi director to inform Islamabad IG about theshooting.

Abbasi was NAB’s prosecutor in the three corruption references, Al AziziaSteel Mills, Avenfield properties and Flagship, against former PM NawazSharif and his family. The PML-N founder is currently in jail after beingconvicted in the steel mills reference.