ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi has summoned Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and Imran Khan’s ally, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in connection with its investigation into the NCA scandal (Al-Qadir Trust case) on May 24. The “NCA” stands for Britain’s National Crime Agency.
The anti-graft body issued a call-up notice to the former federal minister on Wednesday and instructed him to bring all relevant record/documents, including the minutes of the cabinet committee meeting held on December 3, 2019. A day earlier, on Tuesday, NAB had asked former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to appear before its investigators on May 18 [Thursday] in connection with the NCA scandal which was earlier named as the Al-Qadir Trust case.
NAB asked Imran Khan to appear in person along with relevant documents at bureau’s Rawalpindi office at 10am Thursday. It also summoned Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who served as Imran’s accountability aide, asking him to appear at NAB’s Rawalpindi office on May 22 in connection with the investigations in the same case.
In a video message issued on social media, the AML chief said he is grateful to NAB that it nominated him in a case along with PTI Chairman Imran Khan involving 190 million pounds. He said he will fight his “war” within the framework of the Constitution and law. “I will remain steadfast like a rock. Truth and only truth will prevail,” he added.
