NAB witnesses give clean chit to Shehbaz in Ashiana case.

Giving a clean chit to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, five more NAB witnesses on Saturday testified before an accountability court in Lahore that the PML-N president was not guilty in Ashiana Housing Society reference.

The development came as an accountability court started hearing the Ashiana Housing Society reference. Accountability court recorded statements of five witnesses produced by the National Accountability Bureau. Advocate Anwaar Hussain appeared before court on behalf of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. NAB Prosecutor Waris Janjua got recorded statements of the witnesses.

The witnesses said they had no knowledge of any illegal act committed in the project. They added that the bid was opened as per rules and regulations, project was signed and financed through finance committee and all the relevant documents were designed according to rules.

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A NAB witness, Layyah Deputy Commissioner Khalid Pervaiz, took the stance that he worked as LDA director from 2013 to 2015. He said he had signed the Ashiana Housing Society implementation project. He further said he had recorded his statement before NAB's investigation officer on March 6, 2018.

NAB's second witness Mehmood Ahmad Sulehri said...

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