The Public Accounts Committee has summoned the National Accountability Bureau chairman Thursday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.

According to details, the PAC summoned NAB Chief Justice ® Javed Iqbal to appear before the committee and apprised it of all the details of recoveries made by the bureau from politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen.

The committee also demanded details of recoveries made from housing societies, and it said that it wanted to scrutinize details of all book adjustment and cash recovery. 

It also directed the NAB head to inform them about corruption and misappropriation from national exchequer.

Last time, the PAC summoned NAB chief to appear before it on Jan 26, but he skipped the meeting saying he was diagnosed with coronavirus. 

He also did not attend the in-camera session of the accounts committee on Jan 17 which was ironically convened on his wish. He said that then prime minister Imran Khan had stopped him from appearing before any committee

 

Reporter Usman Khan