ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday filed a630-page reference against a ‘blackmailers’ group, including prime accusedTayyaba Gul and Farooq Noll, for blackmailing its chairman Javed Iqbal andother persons.
Meanwhile, an accountability court in Lahore has issued notices to theaccused persons to appear before the court on June 17. Besides, aninvestigation officer has also been summoned in the case.
According to sources, 36 witnesses have recorded their statements beforethe NAB against the accused persons, while six complaints against TayyabaGul were received by the bureau.
Earlier on Thursday, the NAB had denied that a series of audio clips airedby a private TV channel have anything to do with its chairman by statingthem as “baseless, fake and based on lies.”
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The accountability watchdog had said that it has “not only already arrestedtwo members of the blackmailing group but also approved the filing ofreferences against them”.
