NAB starts new inquiry against Saeed Murad

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started a new enquiry against Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf leader and former federal minister Murad Saeed.

NAB has started a new enquiry against the former minister and has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in this respect.

Murad has been declared a fugitive and is absconding.

Former federal minister Murad Saeed had submitted nomination papers for Constituency NA-3 and Constituency NA-4.

The returning officer (RO) of Circle NA-4 rejected his nomination papers for being an absconder in eight different cases.

Nomination papers of Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Zain cleared

He was elected as member of the National Assembly from the same constituency in the 2018 elections. The returning officer rejected the PTI leader’s nomination papers on the grounds that the latter is wanted by the police in various cases.

Murad has gone into hiding after the May 9 incidents and cases have also been registered against him in several police stations. On Nov 16, an Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore declared various PTI leaders including Murad Saeed as proclaimed offenders in cases related to the May 9 riots.

The PTI leaders who were declared as POs include: Hammad Azhar, Murad Saeed, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema and his wife Musarrat Iqbal Cheema, Barrister Hassaan Niazi, and Zubair Khan Niazi.