Former Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz sent on ten days physical remand by Accountability Court in Ashiana scam
By:Asghar Ali Mubarak
The former chief minister Punjab and leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif was sent on a 10-days physical remand on Saturday after appearing before an Accountability Court Lahore in the Ashiana Housing scam case. The anti-graft watchdog arrested the PML-N president on Friday in the multi-billion rupee housing scam, the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Project, after he was called to appear for a routine hearing in the Punjab Saaf Paani case. The accountability body had requested the court for a 14-day remand of the accused.
Authorities allowed Shehbaz’s sons, Hamza Shehbaz and Salman Shehbaz, to attend the hearing, presided by Judge Najamul Hasan.
Shehbaz was brought by NAB officials to the accountability court amid heavy security as charged crowds of PML-N workers and leaders were present outside…
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