The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to shelve the inquiries against Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leaders Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, NAB Prosecutor Waris Ali Janjua told a private TV channel on Friday. NAB Chairman Javed Iqbal has allowed withdrawing the inquiries pertaining to huge losses to the national exchequer after the watchdog’s Lahore chapter recommended the same. Subsequently, NAB authorities filed an application before the accountability court to formally shelve the inquiries, Janjua said. Both the PML-Q leaders were facing reference over allegedly causing loss to the state exchequer by influencing the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) officials to exempt more than 21 kanals of land and 28 plots measuring 10 marla each in a private housing society. In 2000, the bureau launched a probe into the matter and found that the two leaders allegedly purchased the pieces of land through their front men Mirza Aslam Baig and Muhammad Nawaz.
Published in Daily Times, January 5th 2019
