ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday reprimanded the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials and asked its Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal the reason for the delay in filing a reference against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal in the Narowal sports city case.
During the hearing, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal told the court that it has been two years since the investigation was started against him, adding that he was also arrested in the process, but the probe was yet to finish.
“First this case was with FIA and later transferred to NAB,” the prosecutor told the court in response to Iqbal’s statement. However, the court interjected and informed the NAB prosecutor that the case which was transferred from the FIA did not include Iqbal’s name in it.
“NAB should inform if the case against Ahsan Iqbal will be filed or should it be disposed of,” the accountability court judge asked the watchdog.
Iqbal also appealed to the court to that the NAB chairman should be asked to appear before it in person. But the NAB prosecutor interjected and said that the NAB chairman has appointed them as their representative.
“The court should give NAB one last chance to register a case,” Iqbal told the court before the end of the hearing.
“NAB chairman should tell why a reference has not been filed,” asked the accountability court after hearing the arguments and directed the anti-corruption watchdog chief to submit his reply by June 26.
