NAB decides to declare Nawaz proclaimed offender in Mir Shakilur Rehman case

LAHORE (92 News) – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to declare former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in a land case involving Mir Shakilur Rehman. The corruption watchdog body will approach an accountability court to declare Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in a land case. According to the sources, the NAB has issued warrants for the arrest of Nawaz Sharif in this land case and now the corruption watchdog would move the accountability court to have the PML-N patron declared a proclaimed offender. The NAB has taken the plea that Nawaz Sharif has not appeared before it despite repeated notices or answered the questions sent to him. The bureau stated that Nawaz had illegally leased 54 kanals of land to Rehman in 1986 during his tenure as the Punjab chief minister. However, Nawaz Sharif is currently in London for treatment after having been granted bail on medical grounds. On March 27, NAB had sent a questionnaire to Nawaz and had summoned him to the bureau office on March 31 to record his statement. Earlier on March 15, NAB’s Lahore office had summoned the PML-N quid to appear before the bureau on March 20, but no response came from him. Rehman was arrested in Lahore on March 12.