NAB summons Chaudhry brothers for ‘owning assets beyond income’

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned the Chaudhry brothers yet again on Thursday over allegations of owning assets more than their known sources of income.

According to sources in NAB Lahore office, a number of shares have surfaced in various companies under the name of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi and their family.

Other than shares, details of transactions of hefty sums to different banks under their names have also emerged.

NAB sources said Chaudhry brothers have failed to submit a verified details of their assets.

Chaudhry Shujaat, Pervaiz Elahi record statements with NAB Lahore

If they do not submit the required records, NAB would initiate an enquiry against them under Schedule 2.

However, Chaudhry brothers have recorded their statements to NAB earlier.

They appeared before a three-member NAB team in 2017 for inquiries of allegedly owning assets that are disproportionate to their known sources of income.

NAB had summoned the PML-Q leaders for investigations which were started 12 years ago, before the tenure of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who they were allied with.

Shujaat has briefly remained prime minister of Pakistan in 2004 while his cousin, Elahi, was chief minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.

Before joining Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s government, they were associated with the PML-Nawaz.