LHC accepts Rana Sanaullah's plea seeking closure of NAB inquiry in assets beyond means case.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday accepted Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah's plea seeking the closure of the assets beyond the means inquiry launched by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him.

A two-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi conducted a hearing on the plea.

During the hearing, NAB's lawyer Faisal Bukhari said that the anti-graft body has submitted its response to the high court.

Sanaullah's lawyer Amjad Parvez said that the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested the minister in a case of drugs. It said that Sanaullah made all the property from drug business while NAB says that he has acquired assets through corruption.

Parvez said that NAB has also sent a notice seeking to investigate the property which has been challenged in the court, adding that there is just one property but there are two...

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