Court grants 7-day transit remand of Shehbaz Sharif
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LAHORE: An accountability court granted seven-day transit remand of Opposition Leader in National Assembly Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif.
Earlier,National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials produced Shehbaz Sharif before Accountability Judge Syed Najamul Hassan.
The NAB prosecutor submitted that National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser had issued production orders of Shehbaz
Sharif for National Assembly session on November 23.
He requested the court to grant transit remand of the former chief minister for the purpose.
He further submitted that Shehbaz Sharif would be produced in concerned court on expiry of his physical remand on Nov 24, in response to a court query.
However,Shehbaz alleged that his family was not being allowed to meet him. He also complained about lack of medical facilities.
To this,the NAB prosecutor refuted allegations saying that there was no truth in it.
The court granted 7-day transit remand of Shehbaz Sharif and also directed NAB authorities to ensure provision of medical facilities and family meeting.
Strict security arrangements were made inside and outside the court premises on the occasion,besides deployment of
anti-riot force.
Shehbaz Sharif was in custody of NAB since Oct 5 for his alleged involvement in Rs 14 billion Ashiana Housing Scheme
scam.
Senior bureaucrat Fawad Hassan Fawad and Lahore Development Authority (LDA) former director general Ahad
Cheema and others had already been arrested in connection with the housing scam.
NAB launched an investigation into the scam in November last after receiving a number of complaints in this regard.
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