ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday rejected media reports that its chairman was offered a diplomatic position in France in exchange for stalling the investigation against the Sharif family.
A statement issued by the bureau said there is no truth to these claims.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeem-ul-Haque had on Wednesday claimed during a media talk that NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry had been offered the position by Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad allegedly in exchange for employing delay tactics in the investigation against the Sharifs by the accountability watchdog.
“I had said this 15 days back, and it has not been rebutted still, that Fawad is still colluding with Nawaz,” said Haq, adding that Fawad had offered to make the NAB chairman Pakistan’s ambassador to France.
This is why faulty references riddled with minute issues are being sent by NAB, the PTI leader alleged.
NAB had filed three references against the Sharif family and one against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the court in light of the Supreme Court’s directives in the Panama Papers verdict of July 28.
Moreover, on Wednesday, NAB resubmitted the reference in the accountability court after the court registrar had raised objections over technical errors present in the reference.
The remaining three references are being fixed by NAB and will be resubmitted to the court soon, sources said.
