*LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested a keysuspect in Lahore in assets case currently being faced by former chiefminister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz.*
The NAB team arrested Aftab Mehmood who is accused of helping the Shariffamily in money laundering. Mehmood was arrested on identification ofanother arrested suspect Shahid Shafiq.
The suspect is facing charges of transferring millions of rupees to thebank accounts of Sharif family. The NAB team said the arrested man had beenoperating a foreign currency exchange in London and Birmingham.
The corruption watchdog will present the suspect before the accountabilitycourt tomorrow (April 24). The NAB will seek remand of the suspect for 15days.
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Earlier, on April 17, the NAB prosecutor had submitted the bureau’s replyin corruption cases of Ramzan Sugar Mills, Saaf Pani scam and moneylaundering faced by Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz.
According to corruption watchdog, Hamza chaired Saaf Pani Company meetingswithout having any authority. It transpired during probe that Hamza Shehbazinfluenced contracts issued by the company, NAB said.
