LAHORE – Opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif lands inyet another trouble.
An accountability court on Tuesday allowed the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) to interrogate Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) seniorpolitician and Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly HamzaShahbaz in the money laundering charges against him.
The accountability watchdog has been investigating into money launderingaccusations against Hamza, and new evidence has been found in the caseafter the arrest of Nisar Gul. The investigation team will probe the PML-Nleader about benami companies.
On Nov. 28, the court had extended Hamza Shahbaz’s judicial remand foranother 14 days. The court had ordered the NAB prosecutor to file referenceof the money laundering case.
On April 9, the court had indicted Hamza and his father Shehbaz in the samecase.
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However, both accused had denied the charges against them, and maintainedthat they had saved Rs2,300 billion, assuring that the money was notmisused.
On June 11, the accountability watchdog had arrested Hamza in the samecases shifted him to the bureau’s headquarter at Thokar Niaz Baig in Lahoreas the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned down his applications for extensionin his interim bail.
