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Sharifs’ land case: NAB extends scope of probe

By Our Correspondent
August 29, 2020

LAHORE: The NAB Lahore has extended the scope of investigations against Sharif family in illegal land transfer case.

The NAB Lahore has started collecting records of amendments in Lahore master plan that gave benefits to the Sharif family.

According to sources, master plan was introduced in 2004. However, it was amended in 2013 through a notification by Lahore District Council and residential areas of Raiwind tehsil were converted into agricultural land. The NAB has asked the people affected through the notification, those who owned land or still were the owners, to submit the record to the NAB within 30 days.

As far as the details of the case were concerned, the NAB has accused the Sharif family of transferring of hundreds of kanals of land in Raiwind through illegal means.