ISLAMABAD : The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday expressedannoyance over Punjab government’s contradictory statements and stated thatPunjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told in his press conference on November2, 2017 that there are 61 public limited companies in Punjab, out of whichten are closed.
In another presser today, Rana Sanaullah opted the stance that 53 publiclimited companies are in Punjab, 15 are not functional and two have beensealed. He further claimed that record of 47 companies has been given toNAB.
It has been learnt that Director General (DG) anti-corruption Punjab hasrefused to give record of two companies – water and Pak Power – to NAB. Hemaintained that FIR has been lodged against both companies regardingalleged corruption.
It is worth mentioning here that Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharifhad earlier claimed that record of all companies has been provided to NABafter appearing before the accountability bureau.
Punjab government’s spokesperson Saturday said while speaking in Dunya Newsprogram Dunya Kamran Khan Kay Saath that details of all 47 companies havebeen submitted in NAB.
NAB, on the other hand, clarified that it can summon record from anygovernment institution under Sections 19 and 27 of the NationalAccountability Ordinance (NAO).