LAHORE: A Lahore accountability court has indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Parvez Elahi in a corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
As the court summons witnesses in the next hearing, Parvez, former Punjab chief minister, has denied the charges leveled against him.
The senior politician, along with his son Moonis Elahi and others, is accused of illegally approving several development plans, taking bribes and causing more than Rs 1 billion in losses to the national exchequer.
The NAB, in its reference, also accused the PTI leader and his son of receiving bribes by awarding contracts to their “favorite contractors” and claimed that the father-son duo received over Rs 1 billion as bribes through middlemen in more than 200 development projects. in Gujrat district during Parvez’s second term as Punjab chief minister.
He also mentioned that the former CM embezzled more than Rs 744.5 million in bribes and kickbacks. The reference also said that the accountant continued to deposit the bribes into the accounts of Moonis and his family.
His son deposited 1.61 million euros in his overseas bank account, while his family members deposited more than 304 million rupees in their accounts.
The reference said that the suspects were found guilty in the investigation, so the accountability court should conduct a trial and punish them accordingly.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
