Observer Report
Lahore
An accountability court on Thursday nullified the decision to exempt Pakistan Muslim League-N President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif from the hearings in connection with the Ashiana Housing reference.
The court has summoned Shahbaz Sharif in personal capacity on January 26. It’s not appropriate to exempt an accused in one case while he is appearing in another one, the judge remarked. He further directed the former Punjab chief minister to attend the proceedings of Ashiana case.
Earlier, in January 2020, the accountability court had accepted Shahbaz Sharif’s plea seeking permanent exemption from the hearings of Ashiana Housing and Ramzan Sugar Mills references.
The lawyer of PML-N president had submitted the exemption plea in the court and told that his client was unable to attend the hearings as he was in London at that time.
