NAB summons Aleem on 12th

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau, Lahore has summoned again PTI leader Aleem Khan in offshore company case by July 12.

On Tuesday, Advocate Azhar Siddique appeared on behalf of Aleem Khan before the bureau. However, the officials informed the advocate that the bureau had summoned Aleem Khan in person, after which, the bureau summoned again Aleem by July 12.

The NAB had initiated investigation into the assets owned by Aleem Khan’s wife and parents as well as his close relatives and friends. The bureau has also summoned asset details of the PTI leader and his relatives dating as far back as 1985. Earlier this year, a NAB probe committee had asked Aleem Khan to present the details of Hexam Investment Overseas Limited which, according to records, is owned solely by him. The PTI leader, however, had claimed that his company was not named in the Panama Papers and that he would present all the documents required by the NAB. The PTI leader is also facing a probe regarding the Park View Housing Society in Lahore, which he owns.