Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The National Accountability Bureau has begun examining the financial details of Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan in a probe into allegations that he has possession of assets beyond known sources of income.
NAB officials on Sunday said that Sarwar will be summoned by the anti-corruption watchdog if a huge difference appears in the information received and the asset details submitted by him to the Election Commission of Pakistan.
The anti-graft watchdog has also sought for details of the minister’s family members, including his wife and children, from the Rawalpindi Revenue Department pertaining to the ongoing probe into his assets.
Earlier, on May 15, Additional Director (Staff) for Director-General NAB Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Khan wrote a letter to Rawalpindi Administration for provision of details about the properties of the federal minister and his family.
According to the letter, the NAB is in the process of complaint verification against Ghulam Sarwar Khan. The Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue), Rawalpindi, was asked to provide “record relating to agriculture, residential and commercial properties/ land/ plots, purchased/ owned/ sold” in the name of Ghulam Sarwar Khan and members of his family. The “confidential” letter had also contained five names of the ministers’ family along with their identity card numbers. The Rawalpindi administration had been told to provide the required information through concerned Patwari to the Investigation Officer, NAB Rawalpindi.
