The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. NAB sent a questionnaire to Nawaz Sharif in the Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman land case but he did not reply to the investigation team. The bureau asked Nawaz Sharif about land allotment. It may be recalled that in 1988, Nawaz Sharif as the Chief Minister of Punjab had given the land to Mir Shakeel, the owner of Jang and Geo Group. Jang Group, also known as Geo Group, is a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. The official said the NAB would move the accountability court to declare Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender. The NAB on March 12 had arrested Mir Shakilur Rahman in the case. He is in the bureau’s custody on a physical remand till April 28. Three-time premier Nawaz Sharif left for London in November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him four-week permission for his heart condition. Sharif was given bail in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case in which he was serving seven-year imprisonment in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. “Once Sharif’s is declared proclaimed offender then we will pursue the process of his repatriation,” the official said on Sunday. “The decision to issue Mr Sharif’s arrest warrants has been taken on his non-cooperation with NAB in the 54-kanal land in Lahore he had awarded illegally to Mir Shakilur Rehman in 1986 when he was chief minister of Punjab,” the official said. According to NAB sources, electricity, gas and water expenses of Mir Shakeel’s two houses were paid from the national exchequer