Assets beyond means case: Akram Durrani appears before NAB

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Akram Khan Durrani has appeared before the National Accountability Bureau for an inquiry into assets beyond means case, on Thursday.

Earlier on April 8, Jamait Ulma-e-Islam (JUIF) leader and former CM, Durrani was asked to appear bureau 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.

Durrani 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.

Last year, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal had ordered an inquiry against Akram Khan Durrani over misuse of power and illegal allotment of plots.

Durrani was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) from Constituency PK-90 (Bannu-IV) in general election of 2018.

On October 2, 2018, Akram Khan Durrani became leader of the opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).