Wajid Zia, former head of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked by the Supreme Court to probe the offshore properties of the Sharif family, appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi on Tuesday to record his statement.
Zia, a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) additional director, was questioned by NAB officials. He also returned a questionnaire that had been sent to him by the anti-graft watchdog.
Zia will now appear before NAB Lahore on Wednesday.
According to reports, NAB (Lahore and Rawalpindi) will finalise the references against the Sharif family by August 31. The references will be sent to the NAB headquarters, where the board will scrutinise them from Sept 1-7. Reports said that the suggested references do not contain the statements of Sharifs and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
The references, once finalised, will be submitted to the accountability court on September 8.
The NAB, on July 31, decided to file four references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his three children, son-in-law and Dar.
The references would be filed under orders from the Supreme Court as part of the July 28 Panama Papers case verdict which disqualified Nawaz from the office of prime minister.
Nawaz Sharif, his family members and Ishaq Dar have challenged the apex court’s verdict disqualifying Sharif and ordering corruption probes against them.
