NAB starts investigation into illegal sale of govt land to JUI-F's Fazlur Rehman.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started investigating a complaint filed against Jamiat Ulemae-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman which says the government transport service illegally sold expensive land to the JUI-F chief at a low price.

In the complaint, it is alleged that the JUI-F was given 64 Kanal government-owned land after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif closed the general transport service department, a source in the bureau said.

The NAB source said land worth Rs14 million was illegally given to the JUI-F for Rs4 million. JUIF Khyber Paktunkhwa chief Senator Attaur Rehman, however, told reporters the complaint is a lie and...