LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will present Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz before the accountability court today in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case.
Hamza Shehbaz will be presented before an accountability court as his judicial remand ends today.
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The accountability court has also summoned the former Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif. The NAB will inform the court regarding probing reference.
In February, the NAB filed a reference against Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz, claiming the former chief minister Punjab misused his authority and got constructed a 10-km sludge carrier in district Chiniot to facilitate Ramzan Sugar Mills, owned by his sons.
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The NAB alleged that the step caused a loss of Rs. 213 million to the national treasury.
According to NAB, the approval of the construction was given on a fake application, showing the drain as a public project and public funds were misused for the benefit of the Sharif family business.
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