LAHORE – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday has nominatedPakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif andOpposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz as accused in RamzanSugar Mills reference.
As per details, the NAB team has sent the reference to the Chairman NABJustice (retd) Javed Iqbal.
NAB’s executive board will provide approval to file the reference.
The complete reference consists of 600 pages including statements ofwitnesses and former Deputy Commissioner along with records of the approvalof contract.
Witnesses in the case include former Principal Secretary to Shahbaz Sharif,Dr. Tauqeer Shah and other officials.
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The probe into the reference regarding construction of nullah in Chiniotworth Rs210 million was initiated in March 2018.
That time additional secretary of Punjab CM for planning Hamid Amir AliMalik told NAB that the contract of the nullah was approved forconstruction following Shehbaz’s orders.