Lahore: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday initiated an inquiry against former chief minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi’s confidante Muhammad Khan Bhatti in an “illegal assets” case. Sources privy to the development said that the accountability watchdog had sought Bhatti’s salary and session allowance records from the bank. The bank’s records revealed that Mr. Muhammad Khan received salaries for 12 years despite being on forced leave from 2007 to 2018, as well as other benefits in millions of rupees, sources added.
