ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Investigation OfficerMuhammad Kamran Tuesday informed the accountability court that UK LandRegistry Department had provided two documents on NAB’s request, seekinginformation about the ownership of Avenfield House London.
These documents were not the fresh edition, he said during hiscross-examining by the defense counsel Khawaja Haris.
Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik heard the Flagship Investmentreference against former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, filed byNAB. Nawaz Sharif also appeared before the court.
During the cross-examining, NAB IO said that NAB had given application toland registry department for last historical edition of documents relatedto the Avenfield property. The authority had given answers on the basis ofavailable information, he added.
Haris said that the question was that what the witness knew about theOctober 31, 2007. At this, Kamran said that he had asked the UK authorityabout the property owned by Hussain Nawaz. The department responded that itwould provide the information if the applicant mention the above date onthe request.
He said this property was associated with Flagship in accordance of thereceived document. One of these companies mentioned in document was ownedby Hussain Nawaz, he said.
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He said that he had sought the two copies of historical documents regardingthe ownership of property from UK authority.
The NAB IO informed the court that accused Hassan Nawaz had accepted theFlagship Investment in Volume-VII of joint investigation report (JIT). Thecharge made on property in reference was associated with Flagship, he said.
He said he further studied the Volume-VII of JIT report for furtherinvestigation into the case.
Later , the court adjourned hearing of the reference till Wednesday whereincross examining with NAB IO would continue on next hearing.
