*ISLAMABAD – The Lahore High Court on Tuesday has announced verdict in thebail plea of Hamza Shahbaz Sharif.*
*LHC extended interim bail of Hamza Shehbaz, son of former chief ministerPunjab Shehbaz Sharif, until November 20 in a case pertaining toaccumulation of assets beyond known sources of income, ARY News reported.*
Hamza had approached the LHC seeking extension in his interim bail to avoidpossible arrest amid the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigation.
The PML-N leader had also requested the court that the case proceedings mayalso be deferred because his lawyer, Nazir Tarar, was going abroad toattend a conference.
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During the last hearing at NAB on Nov 9, the anti-graft body had sentsummons to Hamza Shehbaz and his brother Salman Shehbaz to present themself before the bureau, however, Salman did not appear as he was currentlyin London.
