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ISLAMABAD, (APP):National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
Monday decried uninformed, politically motivated opinions being
splashed across media by chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran
Khan.
Referring the statement of chief Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
(PTI) Imran Khan carried by a section of media regarding closure of
investigation against Ishaq Dar, spokesman of NAB said that the
successive investigation teams and prosecution authorities have
repeatedly recommended the closure of investigations against Finance
Minister Ishaq Dar for want of prosecutable evidence.
The investigation against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, pending
for over 15 years, was conducted strictly in accordance with law and
procedure. No such case against Dar is pending before any court, the spokesman mentioned.
The NAB discharges its statutory mandate with utmost
objectivity without any bias for or against any person, political
party or institution, he said.
It is a matter of record that in the same meeting, NAB had
closed an inquiry against Tariq Shafi, referred by Financial
Monitoring Unit of State Bank of Pakistan, for suspect transactions.
The objective inquiry revealed that these funds, Rs 56.29 millions,
were received from Arif Naqvi, CEO Abraaj Group Dubai and were
subsequently passed on to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as donation.
The matter was examined with professional objectivity and for
want of criminal intent or evidence, was closed. This is being
clarified in the context of accusing NAB of political
considerations.
“NAB wishes to reiterate that in its professional
conduct there is no room for any considerations of political or
personal nature”, the spokesman said.