ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairperson Justice (retd)Javed Iqbal has asked to be excused from appearing before the NationalAssembly’s standing committee for Law and Justice over the money launderingprobe against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The NAB chief had been ordered to appear before the committee today, inperson, and give a briefing on the probe into allegations of moneylaundering against the deposed prime minister.
Justice (retd) Iqbal shared that he received the notice for the appearancein the morning, adding that he has meetings planned for the day andrequested the committee to set an appropriate time for his appearance.
However, the committee, which had called NAB chief after taking notice of apoint of order raised by PML-N assembly member Rana Hayat, refused toaccept the excuse.
The committee directed the NAB chief to review his decision and sent allits correspondence on the matter to the National Assembly speaker.