ISLAMABAD – The head of National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) prosecutionteam against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members incase related to Avenfield properties on Tuesday reached London.
NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar reached London on officialvisit.
The statements of two prosecution witnesses will be recorded through videolink in the presence of the anti-graft watchdog’s Deputy Prosecutor General.
On January 30, an accountability court (AC) had dismissed the objectionsraised by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on the supplementary referencefiled against him and his family in the accountability court by theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) over London flats.
On January 22, the NAB had filed a supplementary reference in theaccountability court against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and fourothers over London flats.
The anti-graft watchdog had also included seven new witnesses in thereference, while two witnesses belonged to Britain.
Forensic expert Robert Radley and a close relative of Panama case JointInvestigative Team head, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) AdditionalDirector Wajid Zia, will be the witnesses in the case, while twoprosecution witnesses belonged to Ministry of Information.
The transcript of interviews of Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Hassan Nawazand Hussain Nawaz are also a part of the evidence.
Previously, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed three casesof corruption and money laundering against Sharif, his family members andFinance Minister Ishaq Dar in the Islamabad Accountability Court followingthe verdict.
The anti-graft body NAB had frozen the bank accounts and seized propertiesof Sharif and his family members to put pressure on them to appear beforethe court.
The Sharifs have denied any wrongdoing and have labeled the corruptionproceedings against them as politically motivated. Two of Nawaz’s sons arealso due to appear before the NAB court, along with Finance Minister IshaqDar.
Nawaz was disqualified by the Supreme Court in July for not declaring asource of income that he disputes receiving. Pakistan’s top court alsoordered a wide-ranging NAB investigation and trial into Sharif familymembers.
The Supreme Court specified that the trial be concluded within six monthsby NAB, which has in the past been derided as toothless because rich andpowerful politicians were seldom convicted.