NAB summons Sheikh Rashid on May 24

Asks former minister to bring minutes of cabinet committee’s meeting held on Dec 3, 2019

ISLAMABAD:

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi has summoned Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid in connection with its investigation into the NCA scandal on May 24.

The anti-graft authority issued a call-up notice to the former federal minister on Wednesday and instructed him to bring all relevant documents, including the minutes of the cabinet committee’s meeting held on December 3, 2019.

A day earlier, on Tuesday, NAB asked former prime minister Imran Khan to appear before its investigators on May 18 [today] in connection with the NCA case which was earlier named as the Al-Qadir Trust case.

The “NCA” stands for Britain’s National Crime Agency.

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NAB asked Imran to appear in person along with relevant documents at NAB’s Rawalpindi office at 10am today. It also summoned Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who served as Imran’s accountability aide, asking him to appear at NAB’s Rawalpindi office on May 22 in connection with the same case.

In a video message issued on social media, Rashid said he is grateful to NAB that it nominated him in a case along with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan involving 190 million pounds.

The AML chief said he will fight his “war” within the framework of the Constitution and law. “I will remain steadfast like a rock. Truth and only truth will prevail,” he said.