Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Friday again appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a case for possessing assets beyond known sources of income. The NAB had summoned the PML-Q leaders for investigation relating to a case filed 12 years ago during the tenure of General Pervez Musharraf, who they were allied with.
Cousins of Chaudhrys from Gujrat are facing inquiries of allegedly owning assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. During their first appearance, the NAB submitted questionnaire containing 50 questions regarding details of purchase and sale of their properties.
The NAB had earlier made government-level contacts with deputy commissioners Lahore and Gujranwala to obtain details of the assets of Chaudhry brothers. Those details would now be matched with the answers submitted by Shujaat and Elahi.
The two leaders had appeared before the NAB office earlier in November as well when they had recorded their statements before the three-member NAB team. Chaudhry brothers said they were not scared of investigations. "This is not new for us as their family faced 135 cases during the Bhutto government. We have always respected institutions." It may be added that Chaudhry Shujaat remained prime minister of Pakistan in 2004 for a short term while his cousin Pervez Elahi was chief minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.
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