PM principal secretary doesn’t appear before NAB

LAHORE: Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and a grade-22 official, Fawad Hassan Fawad, didn’t turn up to record his statement before a Combined Investigation Team (CIT) of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on Thursday, in the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC). According to NAB officials, the official was summoned for Thursday at 3pm in Lahore, but he didn’t show up. “We will send another notice of appearance to Fawad and if he didn’t join the investigation than law would take its course, they added. On the other hand, former director general Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Khan Cheema would appear before the CIT for the second time on Friday (today). NAB Lahore is investigating award of contract of Aashiana-e-Iqbal project of PLDC. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and other government officials as well as contractors have already recorded their statements before the CIT.