ISLAMABAD – Former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal to be arrested, NABSources have revealed.

The National Accountability Bureau is all set to arrest former interiorminister Ahsan Iqbal after Eid in an ongoing investigation into the NarowalSports City project corruption case, The Nation has learnt.

According to sources, Ahsan Iqbal link hasfailed to give satisfactory answers of questions to NAB team during probeof allegations of corruption case. They said Ahsan Iqballink had appeared before NABinvestigation team on Wednesday for second time but he could not providesolid answers against allegations. They said NAB had asked questions aboutthe project cast and why the previous government chose only Narowal forthis project during his first appearance in NAB.

They said that the team also asked how the cost of the project increasedfrom Rs300 million to Rs3 billion. Iqbal replied that the people of Narowalneeded such kind of sports project, adding cost of mega projects alwaysfluctuate across the world.

When Ahsan started counting mega projects executed in the previous PML-Ngovernment, the NAB team also asked him to give relevant answer of anyquestion.

Last year, NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal had ordered the NABRawalpindi bureau to initiate inquiry into the alleged misappropriation ofgovernment funds in the construction of the Narowal Sports City Project(NSCP).

NAB Rawalpindi issued the call up notice to Ahsan last week. According tothe notice, the NAB summoned the PML-N leader to appear on last Wednesdayat the NAB Rawalpindi for recording of his statement in the reference.According to the PSDP 2018-19 report, the cost of the project was Rs2.9billion and Rs2.5 billion had already been spent.

The funds allocated were then spent through the Sports Board of Pakistan(PSB) and the Ministry of Sports had devolved after the 18th constitutionalamendment and it was provincial subject.