ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and senior leader of PML-N Ahsan Iqbal was arrested by National Accountable Bureau ( NAB) Rawalpindi on Monday.
The senior Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader had been summoned by the anti-graft body in connection with an inquiry into the Narowal Sports City Project (NSCP).
NAB was investigating alleged embezzlement of government funds in the project.
In the past, Iqbal had distanced himself from the project in his home constituency as it was launched in 2009 during the tenure of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government.
The PML-N leader had said he had submitted all relevant documents regarding his income and expenditure to Rawalpindi NAB and had nothing to do with the NSCP.
As one of the most senior leaders of PML-N, Iqbal headed the interior as well as the planning and development ministries in the party’s 2013-2018 tenure.
The investigation against him was initiated in May 2018 on the orders of NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal to verify a complaint against the alleged misappropriation of government funds – a whopping Rs6 billion – in the construction of NSCP.
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