LAHORE: The accountability court has extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz for 14 days in Ramzan Sugar Mills.
The hearing was summoned by the judge Chaudhry Ameer Khan in the accountability court today. Hamza Shehbaz will appear in the court on 13th November.
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Prosecutor for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was inquired from by the court regarding a formal reference against the politician.
The prosecutor replied that the reference was in a relay and required signatures and approval from the chairman NAB.
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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