Bulletins 1200 19th April 2018

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will produce a new witness against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family in the Avenfield properties case.

According to details, NAB Operations Director General (DG), Zahir Shah, will be the new witness as he would bring on record the new documents which he has acquired from the British government.

The NAB investigation officer and the DG operations will be key two persons to record their statements as majority of the witnesses have recorded their statements in the case.

The hearing will now resume on April 23.

According to the documents which Shah will have to present, the Sharif family’s London apartments were transferred to the possession of offshore companies Nielson and Nescoll in 1993-1995, and not in 2005-2006.

Earlier in his statements, Nawaz Sharif insisted that the Avenfield properties were transferred in the name of the companies in 2005-2006, moreover, they belonged to his children. But the documents suggest that in 1993-1995 Nawaz’s children Hussain and Hasan were young and did not have any source of income. Thus, they cannot be considered owners of the properties.