RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has again summoned Ali Musa Gilani, the youngest son of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on May 12 in connection with the investigation into the ephedrine case, sources told Dawn.

Earlier on April 26, Mr Musa Gilani recorded his statement before an ANF’s investigation team and denied allegations levelled against him.

He said he did not know Tauqeer Ali Khan, the accused nominated in the case, who introduced himself as his personal secretary to ANF officials.

Mr Musa Gilani also denied allegations that he had influenced directors-general of the ministry of health for allocation of ephedrine quota of 9,000kg to Berlex and Danas pharmaceutical companies.

The sources said there were certain questions with investigators who believed Mr Musa Gilani should answer them to reach a logical conclusion of the matter.

The investigators on Friday also summoned ANF secretary Zafar Abbas Luk and PML-N legislator Hanif Abbasi, the owner of Grace Pharmaceutical, on May 8.

The sources said the ANF would also summon former health minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin and MNA Mian Sattar. The ANF decided to summon both parliamentarians in light of the statements of some accused who claimed the two were involved in the scam.

Prime Minister’s special assistant Fawad Chaudhry, who appeared in the ANF office in Rawalpindi along with Mr Musa Gilani on April 26, told Dawn on Friday that he was ready to appear before the investigators as and when they called him.

He said that only one of the 7,000 papers submitted in the Supreme Court contained the name of Mr Musa Gilani in which former director-general Rasheed Juma told the ANF that he had received a call from him for allocation of ephedrine quota to Berlex and Danas pharmaceutical companies.

Mr Musa Gilani said that someone else might have used his name while talking to Mr Juma on telephone.