The Accountability Court on Monday directed National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to remove deficiencies from two of its references filed in compliance with the Supreme Court's verdict in the Panama Papers case.
Sources said that registrar of Accountability Court highlighted the deficiencies in the reference relating to the Avenfield Properties (Flat No 16 and 16-A, 17 and 17-A Avenfield House, Park Lane, London) as well as the reference relating to establishment of Azizia Steel Company and Hill Metals Company. Due to human error, four photocopies were found missing from the two references, he said, adding that in the original set of references all the documents were provided, whereas two photocopies were found missing which have been provided to the registrar.
He said the NAB has submitted additional documents with the Accountability Court in connection with four references filed against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his three children - Maryam Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz - his son-in-law Captain Muhammad Safdar (retd) and one against Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar. The investigators of the country's top anti-graft body brought additional record in eight boxes to the court and submitted it with the registrar of the Accountability Court, he added. The NAB filed three references against members of Sharif family and one against Dar on September 8.
The three references filed against Nawaz Sharif and his family include: a) reference relating to the Avenfield Properties (Flat No 16 and 16-A, 17 and 17-A Avenfield House, Park Lane, London, United Kingdom); b) a reference relating to establishment of Azizia Steel Company and Hill Metals Company, Jeddah; c) and the third reference is about the establishment of companies including Flagship Investment Ltd, Hartstone Properties Ltd, Que Holdings Ltd, Quint Eaton Place 2 Ltd, Quint Saloane Ltd, Quaint Ltd, Flagship Securities Ltd, Quint Gloucestor Place Ltd, Quint Paddington Ltd, Flagship Developments Ltd, Alanna Services Ltd, Lankin SA (BVI), Chadron Inc, Ansbacher Inc, Coomber Inc and Capital FZE (Dubai). The NAB had also filed reference against Ishaq Dar for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income.