LAHORE: An accountability Court on Tuesday allowed National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz in jail, an accused of alleged money laundering and assets beyond means. It has been learnt that NAB had moved an application before the Court seeking permission to investigate Hamza Shahbaz in jail. NAB pleaded that it has to investigate the opposition leader regarding some offshore companies. The court, after hearing Bureau’s plea, allowed NAB to investigate Hamza in jail. He is in jail on judicial remand. NAB accused Hamza of having assets beyond means and money laundering. A reference had also been filed against Hamza in Ramzan Sugar Mills case. In the reference, NAB blamed Hamza Shahbaz for his alleged role being the chief executive of the Ramzan Sugar Mills to get constructed a drain facilitating his mill out of the public money in Chiniot. The then chief minister Shahbaz Sharif allegedly approved an amount of Rs210 million for construction of the drain. It has also been learnt that NAB could file another reference against Hamza and Shahbaz related to the construction of a bridge to allegedly facilitate the Ramzan Sugar Mills. Earlier, NAB had grilled Suleman Shahbaz, but he went to the United Kingdom and never returned to join investigations.
12-11-2019, 10:06 PM
Money-laundering case: Court allows NAB to probe Hamza afresh in jail
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