NAB arrests Moonis Elahi’s secretary Sohail Asghar

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on Wednesday arrested Sohail Asghar Awan, the secretary of Moonis Elahi, on charges of obtaining substantial kickbacks in government contracts.

The NAB presented the accused before the court of Judge Zabir Shahzad Kiani in the Accountability Court.

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In its plea NAB maintained that the suspect is allegedly involved in multi-million-rupee corruption and sought his physical remand.

The accused reportedly received significant kickbacks from government contracts, supported by substantial evidence, the NAB said.

According to the law, the accused Sohail Asghar Awan is required to produce documents and other items for recording, the NAB maintained.

While conducting proceedings, the court approved a physical remand of Sohail Asghar until August 16th.

The court also directed NAB to submit an investigation report in the next hearing.

Sohail Asghar was nominated by NAB as co-accused in RS 2 billion bribe case against former CM Punjab Pervaiz Elahi