ISLAMABAD – Former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal lands into yet anothertrouble from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
NAB has started another inquiry against PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal in assetsbeyond known sources, The Nation has learnt it reliably. NAB is alsoinvestigating Ahsan in the Narowal Sports City project corruption case.
The sources in NAB reveal that Chairman NAB Justice (R) Javeed Iqbal hadauthorised the inquiry against the PML-N leader and tasked the RawalpindiBureau to investigate him in this case.
They said regional bureau has sought the details of Ahsan and his familymembers’ bank and assets details from State Bank and Federal Bureau Revenue(FBR).
They said Bureau will summon him for recording his statement in this caseafter receiving bank and assets details. In last week of September, NABRawalpindi had summoned Ahsan and grilled him for an hour in the NarowalSports City project corruption case.
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Last year, NAB Chairman Justice (R) Javed Iqbal had ordered the NABRawalpindi to initiate inquiry into the alleged misappropriation ofgovernment funds in the construction of the Narowal Sports City Project(NSCP).
The NAB had asked how Ahsan how the cost of the project went up from Rs300million to Rs3 billion. Iqbal replied that the people of Narowal neededsuch kind of sports project, adding that cost of mega projects alwaysfluctuate across the world.
