Assets exceeding income: NAB initiates inquiry against Siraj Durrani

CIT sent letters to dc's pf Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Shikarpur

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated an investigation against Sindh Assembly speaker and Pakistan Peoples Party leader, Agha Siraj Durrani, for possessing assets beyond his income.

The NAB's combined investigation team (CIT) also sent letters to the deputy commissioners of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Shikarpur seeking details of the properties owned by Durrani and 11 other members of his family.

In addition to this, the NAB sought details of their bank accounts and thus forwarded their names and CNIC numbers to the State Bank of Pakistan and other private banks.

According to sources, the NAB officials also wrote letters to Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and sought details of business entities owned by Agha Siraj Durrani and his family members.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 19^th, 2018.