NAB to invest­igate former ambass­ador to the US Ali Jehang­ir Siddiq­uiAn accountability court on Friday issued arrest warrants for Kamran Kayani, brother of the former army chief Gen (retd) Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, and others in the Aashiana Housing scheme. Kamran, who has failed to respond to repeated summons for questioning, is believed to have left the country. The warrants are part of the process to secure perpetual arrest warrants which eventually lead to red notices from Interpol. Ali Jahangir Siddiqui steps down as Pakistan’s envoy to USSiddiqui, stepped down from his post last month on the directives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Siddiqui was appointed by former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on March 8, 2018, to serve as Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington.

Source: The Express Tribune January 04, 2019 19:07 UTC