Akram Durrani appears before NAB

Author: Agencies

Jamait Ulma-e-Islam (JUIF) leader and former federal minister on Thursday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau for an inquiry into accumulation of assets beyond means case. Durrani was asked by the anti-graft watchdog body on April 8, to appear before it for an inquiry into assets beyond known sources of income. Sources said Durrani will be handed over a questionnaire by the NAB in connection with inquiry from him over his alleged involvement in the corruption charges. The former minister allegedly allotted plots owned by the DHA Foundation in sectors 1-12 and 1-16 to his near and dear ones and caused losses to the national exchequer, the top graft buster had said in a statement. He served as the Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007. He served as federal minister for Housing and Works, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018.

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