NAB summons Shahzad Akbar in assets beyond means investigation

Islamabad: Former special assistant to the prime minister on accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar has been summoned by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on October 21 for allegedly having assets beyond means.

“You are required to appear in person along with your response to the attached questionnaire, duly filed Asset Declaration Proforma supported with relevant documentary evidence before Mr Usman Majeed, Deputy Director Complaint Verification Cell, NAB Lahore,” a bureau's statement said on Saturday.

The questionnaire dispatched to Akbar consists of 22 queries, some of which are regarding his time as the accountability minister and his role in the sugar scam probe, oil companies scam, and the Rawalpindi Ring Road scam.

The former SAPM has also been questioned about his relationship with property tycoon Malik Riaz, British-Pakistani businessman Nisar Afzal, former chairman of the defunct National Industrial Cooperative Finance Corporation, Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, and former Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Rawalpindi director Arif Raheem.