ISLAMABAD – The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail toPML-N President Shehbaz Sharif in the assets beyond means and moneylaundering case.
According to reports, PML-N leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ahsan Iqbal, RanaSanullah, Fazal Chaudhry and Rana Arshad are also present at the court forthe hearing.
Earlier, authorities had cordoned off roads leading to the court to avoidany mishap.
On June 1, Shehbaz’s legal team had filed a petition before he was requiredto appear before a combined investigation team of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB). However, the petition could not be fixed forhearing before the division bench, constituted to hear NAB-related pleas,and Shehbaz did not appear before the bureau too.
The PML-N leader added he was also arrested in the same case in 2018 and hehad fully cooperated with NAB investigators, however, the anti-graft bodydid not present any proof against him relating to misuse of powers ormoney-laundering, etc.
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Shehbaz’s lawyer stated that his client had been declaring his assets sincehe stepped into politics in 1988 and nothing had been concealed ever. Herefuted money-laundering allegations, saying the whole story was fabricatedand concocted.
Shehbaz further stated that he feared that NAB might arrest him inconnection with its pending inquiries, which would hinder him fromperforming his duties as the opposition leader in the National Assembly,
