This file photo shows PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (left) and Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi. AFP/File
LAHORE: A court here on Monday allowed two identical references of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and formally approved the closure of two inquiries into assets beyond means against PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Punjab Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi.
Accountability court’s presiding judge Sajjad Sheikh took up the references and approved NAB’s request to close the 20-year-old inquiries for want of evidence.
Originally, there were three inquiries against the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The first one was into allegations of acquiring illegal assets. The second inquiry was against Mr Elahi, accusing him of making illegal appointments in local government departments. A third inquiry on charges of loan default against the duo had already been closed with the approval of the trial court.
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday told the Lahore High Court that the two last inquiries pending for 20 years against PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Punjab.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has closed 20-year old last two inquiries against the Chaudhrys of Gujrat for want of evidence. AFP/File
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has closed 20-year old last two inquiries against the Chaudhrys of Gujrat for want of evidence.
The NAB told the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that two last inquiries pending for 20 years against PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, MNA Moonis Elahi and their family members had been closed because of ‘lack of evidence’.
Recently, the NAB had closed inquiries against former premier Nawaz Sharif in the Lahore Development Authority plots allotment, Raiwind land expansion against Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and the purchase of locomotives against former railways minister Khwaja Saad Rafique on similar grounds.