NAB closes asset beyond means inquiry against Sana

DG NAB Lahore sends the file to the bureau’s chief for final approval

ISLAMABAD:

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has closed an assets beyond means inquiry against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, and the Director General of NAB Lahore has sent the file to the bureau’s chief for final approval.

According to NAB sources, it has decided not to move the Supreme Court against the decision of the Lahore High Court division bench, which accepted Sanaullah’s plea, seeking the closure of assets beyond means inquiry NAB had initiated against him.

The sources maintained that the inquiry against Sanaullah could not continue even with the NAB Amendment Ordinance and that the Lahore High Court (LHC) had also confirmed his bail.

NAB Lahore stated that the accountability watchdog had received three different complaints against the interior minister, which were received on April 24, April 27, and August 16 of 2019. It furthered that the verification of the complaints was completed on December 3, 2019.

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DG NAB Lahore approved the inquiry against Sanaullah on December 20, 2019, while the arrest warrant was issued on November 9, 2020.

Acquittal in drug case

Last week, a special court in Lahore acquitted Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and five others in a narcotics case registered against him with the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) during the tenure of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in 2019.

The minister was arrested in July 2019 under the previous government by the ANF. It had claimed to have recovered 15kg of heroin from his vehicle.