Lahore: An accountability court on Wednesday remanded Opposition leader in Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz to a 14-day physical custody, a day after the country’s anti-graft body arrested him in cases related to money laundering and corruption.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was granted Hamza’s custody till June 26. Judge Jawadul Hassan pronounced the reserved verdict after hearing the arguments from both sides in the case.
A NAB team earlier brought Hamza, 44, to the court amid tight security. Hamza is the son of PML-N president and National Assembly opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif.
The NAB prosecutor informed the court that the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) vice president had failed to disclose the means from which he received Rs 500 million transferred into his account. The NAB had requested for a 15-day physical remand of the PML-N leader.
The court has ordered Hamza to be presented before the accountability court on June 26, Geo News reported. Hamza was arrested on Tuesday by the NAB officials after a two-member Lahore High Court (LHC) bench dismissed bail applications filed by him. His arrest came a day after former president Asif Ali Zardari was arrested. (PTI)
