Summary In this regard, the NAB has prepared a list of 39 approvers against him.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The much-awaited trial against Fawad Hassan Fawad, principal secretary of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, will commence on April 2 following another reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income.
In this regard, the NAB has prepared a list of 39 approvers against him.
He is facing charges of accumulating assets worth Rs1089 million with no declared sources of income.
The NAB alleged that Fawad had an “illegal” commercial plot of 5-kanal worth Rs500 million (approx) at Haider Road in Rawalpindi with a value of Rs500 million.
Moreover, purportedly, he is a stakeholder in a 15-storey commercial plaza worth Rs3850 million at Sadar area in Rawalpindi.
The principal secretary of the former prime minister was arrested on July 5, 2018 in the Ashiyana-i-Iqbal scam. However, later investigations began into his assets beyond known sources of income on August 3, 2018.
NAB Lahore Regional Board converted ongoing inquiry against accused Fawad Hassan Fawad into investigations on October 12, 2018 whereby after completing the investigations, a reference was sent to NAB Headquarters for approval from Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal and his Executive Board.
The Executive Board under supervision of Chairman NAB approved for filing of reference against accused Fawad Hassan Fawad on March 15, 2019 which was later submitted in an accountability court, by NAB Lahore.
