PESHAWAR: Adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on information, Samar Haroon Bilour, has said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has intensified its investigations against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders in the province, issuing notices to several individuals in connection with two major inquiries.
According to Samar Haroon Bilour, NAB issued the notices on November 13 as part of investigations involving former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser and former provincial minister Dr Amjad Ali.
She said that NAB had sought records relating to the business partnerships of Asad Qaiser and his family members. The bureau is examining details of their business interests as part of an ongoing inquiry.
Bilour further stated that nine individuals had been issued notices in the inquiry against Dr Amjad Ali. In a separate matter concerning the purchase of property in Islamabad, five individuals had been summoned as witnesses.
She said investigators were examining payments amounting to Rs24.4 million made for the purchase of the property. NAB has directed all five witnesses to appear before the investigation officer on November 19.
The KP information adviser added that a second call-up notice had also been issued in the case involving Dr Amjad Ali.
Furthermore, one witness has been summoned to appear before the bureau on November 17. NAB has also sought bank records of four private companies as part of its investigation.
Bilour said the notices and requests for financial records were part of the bureau’s ongoing inquiries into the matters involving the PTI leadership in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
