LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials have brought Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif to an accountability court for hearing of a case pertaining to the Ashiana-e- Iqbal Housing scandal.
Shehbaz was brought to the court amid tight security. His son Hamza Shehbaz has also arrived at the court.
On Oct 16, Accountability Judge Syed Najamul Hasan granted 14-day extension in the physical remand of the PML-N president, who has been in NAB custody since Oct 5.
He was presented in the court as his earlier physical remand expired. NAB asked for a 15-day extension in the PML-N leader’s remand as his lawyer opposed the request, contending that the Bureau has failed to get any information about charges against his client during his remand.
He pleaded the judge to reject NAB plea for an extension.
The NAB on Oct 5 arrested the PML-N president inside its Lahore office where he was summoned to record his statement in connection with the Punjab Saaf Pani Company case.
A combined investigation team of the country’s top anti-graft watchdog quizzed him for an hour over his alleged role in awarding contract to his “favourite firm” in violation of laws in the Ashiana-i-Iqbal housing project.
The Bureau later issued a statement, declaring that former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif has been arrested in the scam.
Shahbaz’s blue-eyed officers, Lahore Development Authority former director general Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hasan Fawad, are already in NAB custody in the Ashiana Housing case.
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