NAB investigator summoned in Muqam asset case.

PESHAWAR -- A Peshawar High Court bench has summoned the National Accountability Bureau officer holding an inquiry about the assets of former federal minister and PML-N provincial chief Amir Muqam, who seeks pre-arrest bail in the case.

Justice Roohul Amin Khan Chamkani and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim here the other day fixed June 11 for the next hearing into Mr Muqam's petition seeking the court orders to grant him the pre-arrest bail until the final conclusion of the case before the trial court.

The high court had already granted interim pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in March on the condition of furnishing two surety bonds of Rs1 million each.

Syed Mudassir Amir, lawyer for the petitioner, said his client had learned that few weeks ago, the NAB's chairman had issued warrants of his arrest while probing his assets.

He said the bureau had been repeatedly issuing call-up notices to his client and intended to arrest him.

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A special prosecutor of the NAB, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told the bench that warrants for the PML-N leader's arrest hadn't been issued.

However, Barrister Mudassir Amir produced a document's copy saying it was in their knowledge that the warrants were issued.

The bench asked the prosecutor that if the NAB assured the court of not arresting the petitioner, the petition would be disposed of.

The prosecutor said the issuance of arrest warrants was not in his knowledge, so the relevant investigation officer would be in a better position to say anything about the arrest.

As the bench asked if the inquiry has begun, the prosecutor replied that it was initiated in 2018.

Justice Roohul Amin observed that it was interesting that before 2018, the NAB did not know about...