Broadsheet case: NA Standing Committee decides to summon Chairman NAB.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has decided to summon Chairman NAB Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal for a briefing on the Broadsheet case.

Chairman Committee Javed Latif has asked the NAB chief to appear and explain why and how the money was paid to Broadsheet however Information Minister Shibli Faraz opposed the decision and exchanged harsh words with Javed Latif over the decision.

According to sources Shibli Faraz said that why Chairman NAB should be summoned, if that happens, any committee will summon any former prime minister in future.

Committee Chairman Javed Latif said that due to a mistake of an institution, Pakistan had to pay billions of rupees from...

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