LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued a notice to oneof its officials seeking clarification over an attempt to threaten ageneral manager of a private firm.

According to details, the Additional Director of the NAB Ghulam Rasool hasbeen asked to submit a clarification regarding a matter relating to threatsbeing hurled at a private firm’s official.

“The additional director is blamed for threatening the private firm’sgeneral manager after being under the influence of alcohol,” a letterconveyed to the official by NAB Islamabad’s Additional Director ImranSohail read.

It is pertinent to mention here that calls have been made foraccountability of the NAB officials from time to time, with the incumbentgovernmnet also trying to bring amendments to the accountability law, amove foiled by the opposition parties owing to the latter’s majority in theSenate.

In August 2020link,Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has demanded to unveil the degrees andappointment details of the accountability watchdog’s officials.

PPP leader and MNA Nafisa Shah blamed the watchdog for its involvement inpolitical engineering and said that bringing forward the qualification andprocess of recruitment of the NAB officials was an important matter.