Shahbaz and his son indicted in graft reference
lahore — An accountability court on Thursday indicted PML-N president and leader of the opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz in the Ramzan Sugar Mills supplementary reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The court adjourned proceedings till August 27 and summoned the prosecution witnesses to record their statements.
Trial Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry conducted the proceedings wherein Shahbaz and his counsel Amjad Parvaiz also appeared initially.
Amjad Parvaiz requested the court to allow Shahbaz to leave as a joint session of parliament had been summoned and his client wanted to participate in it.
A jail official told the court in response to a query that Hamza was on the way and would be produced before the court shortly.
Shahbaz stated that he appeared in compliance with the court orders and wanted to go to Islamabad to attend the parliament session.
The court told Shahbaz that his counsel wanted to submit arguments before the indictment. The court observed that Shahbaz could leave after indictment and his counsel could advance arguments.
The court observed that Shahbaz had already been indicted in the main reference and now he would be indicted in the supplementary reference. — APP