NAB files assets reference against PPP's Arbab Alamgir, Asma Arbab.

PESHAWAR -- The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed assets reference against Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Arbab Alamgir and his wife Asma Alamgir, media reported on Wednesday.

The reference was filed by the anti-graft body in the NAB court Peshawar. The couple is accused of making assets beyond known sources of income.

The court recorded statements of two witnesses in the case and adjourned further hearing into the reference till April 7.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had alleged that both the suspects' accumulated assets to the tune of Rs333 million, which were disproportionate to their known sources of income. The couple had claimed innocence and stated that all their assets were acquired through known...