Times of Islamabad

Hamza Shahbaz Sharif remanded in police custody

Hamza Shahbaz Sharif remanded in police custody

*LAHORE – Accountability Court Judge Jawadul Hassan remanded OppositionLeader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz in the custody of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) for 14 days.*

A large number of PML-N workers were present on the occasion. They chantedslogans in favour of Hamza Shehbaz.

On Tuesday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed Hamza Shehbaz’s plea forextension of his interim bail.

After the arrest, the NAB officials shifted Hamza Shehbaz to NABHeadquarters, Thokar Niaz Baig.The applications for bail were rejectedafter he withdrew them. Hamza Shehbaz had moved the LHC for the interimbail in assets beyond income and Ramazan Sugar Mills cases.

Hearing the plea, the judge remarked that everything in court will be doneas per law and justice.Earlier, the court rejected Hamza Shehbaz’s plea fordocuments.

The NAB prosecutor told court Hamza Shehbaz was summoned several times, buthe did not turn up.Hamza Shehbaz’s counsel said that the NAB is justleveling allegations and it had nothing.