In a significant development ahead of the general elections that are less than a month away, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal announced on Monday that references would soon be filed in connection with ongoing investigations into mega corruption cases.
“In the coming days, NAB will file references in the accountability court regarding some mega corruption cases, for which we have complete evidence. We investigated mega corruption cases which had been swept under the carpet in the past,” he said.
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Regarding an ongoing investigation into 56 public companies formed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif during his tenure in Punjab as the chief minister, Justice Iqbal said:
