Mills case: NAB arrests imprisoned Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested imprisoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

The National Accountability Bureau has issued warrants of his arrest and is expected to ask for a 15-day physical remand of Nawaz Sharif.

An accountability court in Lahore has approved NAB’s request to investigate the former premier, who is currently locked up at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore. 

Security in Lahore has been tightened and all roads leading to the Judicial Complex have been sealed. The top leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have reached the court for the case hearing.

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The decision of his arrest was made after a joint investigation team of NAB maintained that Sharif was not cooperating with the investigating team in the probe related to the Chaudhry Sugar Mills.

Members of the Sharif family are accused of being involved in money laundering under the garb of sale/purchase of the sugar mill’s shares.

The NAB has mainly accused Nawaz’s daughter Maryam, who was arrested in the case on 8th August along with her cousin Yousuf Abbas.

It may be noted that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz are already being investigated in the reference by the NAB since last month.