The National Accountability Bureau has summoned PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif on March 26 in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.
The accountability bureau claimed that it has found new evidence against her.
NAB has asked the PML-N leader to bring the record of an agreement after which Rs11.5 million were transferred in her name from foreign nationals Saeed Saif Bin Jabar Al-Suweidi, Sheikh Zaka Uddin, and Hani Ahmed Jamjoom.
She has been told to disclose the sources of funds and show the money trail.
NAB has also asked her to bring documents in regards to regard purchase of those shares in name of Hussain Nawaz back in 2013. The PML-N leader is accused of using the mills for money laundering and illegal transfer of shares.
As per NAB, the bureau in January 2018 had received a Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) report describing suspicious transactions in billions of rupees regarding the Chaudhry Sugar Mills under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
At the time, the PML-N was the ruling party in the country.
After receiving the FMU report, NAB started its inquiry in October 2018 and found that Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Shahbaz Sharif and family, and Abbas Sharif and family are shareholders in the company, along with some foreigners from the UAE and the UK.
During the probe, it was found that huge investments were made in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills from 2001 to 2017 amounting to billions of rupees in the name of issuing shares in foreigners’ names.
Interestingly, later on, the same shares were transferred back to Maryam, Hussain, and Nawaz without paying any money to the foreign business partners.
