Times of Islamabad

Shahbaz Sharif, Hamza Shahbaz turnout to be money launderers

Shahbaz Sharif, Hamza Shahbaz turnout to be money launderers

ISLAMABAD -National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to lodgeanother case against Shahbaz Sharif and his sons Hamza Shahbaz and SalmanShahbaz over accusations of transferring assets worth millions of rupeesabroad using an ‘illegal’ Hawala/Hundi system.

In an ongoing investigation, the NAB officials have recorded statements ofwitnesses.

Besides, the NAB has decided to file a reference against Hamza Shahbaz forhis alleged role being chief executive of the Ramzan Sugar Mills to getconstructed a bridge facilitating his mills out of the public money inChiniot.

Moreover, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad on Saturdaydenounced Shahbaz Sharif for holding chairmanship of the Public AccountsCommittee (PAC) and vowed to lodge a case against him at the Supreme Courtof Pakistan (SCP).

Earlier, the NAB asserted to have obtained Shahbaz s properties, accountsand vehicles’ details from 1997 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2018,respectively.

Meanwhile, the court had also granted the NAB an authority to interrogatethe younger Sharif in the jail.