ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) President ShehbazSharif has been arrested in yet another case by the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) during his hearing on Saturday.
The NAB team brought Sharif from Islamabad to Lahore for his appearancebefore the accountability court in the Rs14 billion Ashiana Housing case.During the hearing, the PML-N president was also arrested in another casepertaining to Ramazan Sugar Mills. The bureau said that Sharif had usedpublic funds for the construction of a bridge linking to their mills inChiniot, Punjab.
The PML-N president’s son Hamza Shehbaz also appeared before the court,local media reported. He has also been nominated in the Sugar Mills caseand interrogated by NAB.
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Sharif’s transit remand will expire today. During the previous hearing, hisremand was extended till today. The bureau is expected to file anapplication for another extension. The court then granted NAB a 14-dayphysical remand of Sharif.
