LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’swife Nusrat Shehbaz has moved to the Lahore High Court (LHC) to challengethe issuance of arrest warrants by the accountability court besidesrejecting her plea for a permanent exemption from court appearance in moneylaundering case.
Nusrat Shehbaz challenged the accountability court’s verdict in the LahoreHigh Court (LHC) in which she stated that the petition was filed to nullifythe ruling for rejection of her exemption plea and issuance of arrestwarrants.
It may be noted here that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) hadfiled a corruption reference against Shehbaz Sharif’s family members.
She stated in her petition that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)court had rejected both of her pleas. Nusrat Shehbaz added that she wasresiding in a foreign country for medical treatment for a long time priorto the approval of the NAB’s investigation and filing of the reference.
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It further stated that the petitioner is suffering from different diseaseand currently receiving medical treatment abroad which stops her to arrivein the country for appearing in the hearings.
Nusrat pleaded the high court to nullify the verdict of the NAB courtbesides overturning the decision of the issuance of arrest warrants againsther.
