Aleem Khan remanded into NAB custody for 9 days

LAHORE – An accountability court in Lahore has approved a nine-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan on Thursday.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities have been ordered to present the former minister on February 15 .

Abdul Aleem Khan, who stepped down as Punjab Minister for Local Government following his arrest yesterday, was presented before an accountability court on Thursday.

Aleem was detained by the anti-corruption watchdog for owning assets beyond means and offshore companies.

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According to a NAB spokesperson, the arrest was made in light of the Panamagate investigation, adding that the PTI leader misused his authority as a lawmaker for his Parkview Housing Society. Aleem owns huge assets inside the country and overseas.

A probe was initiated into Aleem Khan’s offshore company on order of Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal after he was named in Panama Leaks in April 2016 among 435 Pakistanis.

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A thorough inquiry had been launched into shell entities situated in the British Virgin Islands and the accountability bureau had sought details of persons concerned from Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

Last year, the NAB had contacted the authorities in the United Kingdom to seek the details of assets owned by Punjab’s senior minister for local government and community development Abdul Aleem Khan.

The bureau also received the record of his tax returns, remittances and bank transactions from the Federal Board of Revenue and the State Bank of Pakistan.