ISLAMABAD, December 23: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz central leader and former planning minister, Ahsan Iqbal was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in alleged corruption in Narowal Sports City project.
Sources said that Ahsan Iqbal could not reply to the questions put by the NAB.
According to a statement from the NAB spokesman, the PML-N leader was arrested in Narowal Sports Complex case.
Ahsan Iqbal will be presented before an accountability court on Tuesday for physical remand, while a team has also been summoned for Ahsan Iqbal s medical checkup.
The anti-graft watchdog had directed the former interior minister to appear before NAB interrogation team in the bureau;s headquarters in Rawalpindi. The PML-N leader had also been asked to bring along the record of sports city.
The anti-graft watchdog body alleges that Iqbal illegally initiated a project to the tune of Rs 3 billion in Narowal; causing a loss worth billions to the national exchequer.
Earlier in the day, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal in connection with a probe into the multi-billion Narowal Sports City Project case.
It is pertinent to mention here that he was summoned for the second time in two months.
Ahsan Iqbal is accused of using funds of the federal government and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for a sports city in Narowal. He had already filed a reply to a questionnaire given to him by the bureau previously.
Sources said the NAB Rawalpindi chapter has already received a complete record of the Narowal Sports City project to investigate alleged financial irregularities, which multiplied the estimated construction cost of Rs300 million to Rs3 billion.
Last year, NAB had announced to initiate a probe into alleged violation of rules in the construction of the National Sports City project a day after its inauguration by the then President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain. NNI
