ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has accelerated the process of filing reference against the Sharif family as directed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

NAB has received details of some 26 accounts operated by deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family.

The top graft watchdog had earlier requested the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to provide complete details of the bank accounts of Sharif, his two sons Hassan and Hussain, daughter Maryam, and son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar.

The SBP has now provided the required details after gathering them from six private banks.

In line with the July 28 judgment of the Supreme Court in the Panamagate case, NAB is currently preparing references against the Sharif family that will be filed before an accountability court.

While disqualifying Sharif for hiding assets in his nomination papers for the 2013 polls, the apex court had ordered NAB to file these references against the former premier and his family members within six week, i.e. till September 8.