Staff Reporter
Lahore
An accountability court on Tuesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a 14-day physical remand of PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, a day after he was arrested by the anti-graft body in a money laundering case.
Accountability judge Jawadul Hassan presided over the hearing, during which Shahbaz also spoke. He alleged that a mockery was being made of the law. “This is the NAB-Niazi nexus [in play],” he added.
He said that his parents had worked hard and established the business, which he had then transferred to his children. “I do not take any salary or bonus. An allegation was leveled against me that my children benefited because of my [government] office.
Meanwhile, the Accountability Court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Shahbaz Sharif’s wife Nusrat Shahbaz and daughter Rabia in a money laundering case.
The court granted the pardon to Shahbaz Sharif’s second daughter for permanent attendance while seeking a report on the arrest warrant of his son Salman Shahbaz.
