The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has stepped up investigations into former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister’s special assistant Dr Amjad Ali, seeking business records, property payment details and bank statements in two separate inquiries.
In the inquiry into assets allegedly beyond known sources of income involving Asad Qaiser, NAB has issued a notice to the Registrar of Firms, seeking details of partnership firms registered in the names of 10 people.
The bureau has also sought records of business partnerships, partnership deeds, business addresses and registration details linked to Asad Qaiser, his family members and other relevant people.
Meanwhile, NAB has made progress in its inquiry into alleged assets beyond known sources of income and corruption involving former KP chief minister’s special assistant Dr Amjad Ali. It has issued notices to nine people, asking them to appear as witnesses.
In one of the notices, five people have been asked to provide information about the purchase of property number CLG-003 in Islamabad’s Eighteen Housing Society.
According to the NAB notices, these five people made payments totalling Rs24.4 million for the property.
The payments included Rs1.5 million by Imran Ali, Rs4.9 million by Kamran Ali, Rs10 million by Kashif Ali, Rs6 million by Waqar Ali and Rs2 million by Ziaur Rehman.
NAB has directed all five individuals to appear before the investigation officer in Peshawar on November 19 and record their statements about the property purchase and payments.
In another notice, NAB has summoned Muhammad Tariq as a witness on November 17 and sought complete bank account details and statements of four companies.
The companies are Pioneers Residencia Private Limited, Pioneers Town Private Limited, Arabia Pioneers Cranes Trading and Transport Private Limited, and Pioneers Construction and Real Estate Consultants Private Limited.
The bureau has asked Muhammad Tariq to submit the complete banking records and other relevant financial documents in continuation of an earlier call-up notice issued on October 28.
The financial transactions and bank accounts of these four companies are also part of the investigation into Dr Amjad Ali.
NAB has also summoned several other relevant people, including officials of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Housing Authority, as witnesses.
