Times of Islamabad

Maryam Nawaz fails to satisfy NAB in corruption probe, tried to lead IO astray

Maryam Nawaz fails to satisfy NAB in corruption probe, tried to lead IO astray

*ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: PML-N leader **Maryam Nawaz fails to satisfy NAB incorruption probe, tried to lead IO astray.*

*Earlier today the Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N)Maryam Nawaz Sharif made an appearance at the NAB headquarters on a priorsummon in her name in relation to a corruption probe involving ChaudhrySugar Mills.*

It was revealed by a source that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)was not satisfied with the answers provided to their queries by the PML-Nstalwart.

Sources also revealed that Maryam tried to lead the inquiry officialsastray with unneeded information and no clarity in the answers sheprovided, the sitting continued for 45 minutes.

Maryam was handed a questionnaire by the bureau and was asked to appearagain on August 8.

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had summoned the nephew of deposedformer Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Abdul Aziz Abbas inrelation to the ongoing inquiry in Chaudhry Sugar Mills Case.

Sources close to the anti-graft body unveiled the questions asked and theinquiry held against the vice president of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz(PML-N) Maryam Nawaz Sharif.

Information was sought on the shareholders of the aforementioned ChaudhrySugar Mills.

The Bureau also inquired about how and where the shares were divided sincethe inception of the mill in 1985.

NAB also inquired about 4 foreign shareholders of the mill, sources claimed.

The shareholders namely included UAE’s Saeed Saif Bin Jabbar Al-Saudi, UK’sSheikh Zaka-Uddin, A Saudi by the name of Hayi Ahmed and UAE’s NaseerAbdullah.

Questions were also asked about Shamim Sugar Mills and the investmentdetails of the mill.

Telegraphic Transfer (TT) details are also being sought by those beingquestioned, the sources further revealed.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on July 24 issued summons in thenames of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president, Maryam Nawazand her brothers Hassan and Hussain Nawaz.