NAB seeks records of Moonis’ properties

Bureau also widens scope of investigations against Aleem Khan

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau Lahore (NAB) has written to the Lahore deputy commissioner and sought records of properties owned by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Moonis Elahi and Tehreem Elahi.

In the letter, it asked the DC to provide details about the properties situated in all five tehsils of Lahore and submit it before an investigator of NAB on April 11.

NAB was investigating a case regarding an offshore company called Olive Grove Assets Limited which was reportedly owned by Elahi.

Earlier, in the last week of February, Moonis appeared before a NAB team and answered their questions. In that case, NAB had also written to the State Bank of Pakistan, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and to SBP's Financial Monitoring Unit on January 20, seeking details of remittances, bank transactions and tax returns records of Moonis.

NAB has also widened the scale of investigations against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Leader Aleem Khan. It had sought details of the properties of the family members of Khan.

NAB was investigating a case regarding an offshore company owned by him. In the case, he had appeared twice before NAB. The bureau’s investigation team grilled him in the case

NAB has also been investigating the Eden Housing Society scam which was reportedly owned by Aleem Khan. Last week, it had summoned the administration of the society and shared details of properties owned by them.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 10^th, 2018.