LAHORE: The accountability court has extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz for 15 days in the assets case.
The court probed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor regarding the reference which the bureau was to file on the accused.
The prosecutor assured the court that the reference was under process and would be filed as soon as possible. The politician was handed an extended remand in another case pertaining to corrupt practices in Ramzan Sugar Mills.
Also read: Nawaz Sharif expected to meet family members in jail today
Hamza was arrested by the NAB on 11th June in Assets Beyond Means. The burea filed a reference against Hamza and his father Shehbaz Sharif, alleging the former chief minister Punjab misused his authority and got constructed a 10-km sludge carrier in district Chiniot to facilitate Ramzan Sugar Mills, owned by his sons.
The bureau alleged that the step inflicted a loss of Rs. 213 million to the national treasury.
ADVERTISEMENT
