*LAHORE: An accountability court permitted on Monday the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate PML-N President Shehbaz Sharifin a fresh case.*

The corruption watchdog has launched an inquiry into alleged illegalappointment of Syed Talat Mehmood as the chief executive officer (CEO) ofthe Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank. Shehbaz is accused of illegallyapproving the appointment.

The bureau moved a plea before duty judge Sheikh Sajjad Ahmed seekingpermission to investigate the Leader of the Opposition in the NationalAssembly inside Kot Lakhpat Jail, which the court accepted.

Shehbaz Sharif faces a number of corruption cases, including assets beyondmeans and money laundering. He was arrested for a second time by the NABafter the Lahore High Court cancelled his bail in a money laundering caselast year in September.

Before that, he was arrested on Oct 5, 2018, in other cases — Ramzan SugarMills and Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme – and was later released on bail.