LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz has been released from Kot Lakhpat Jail after spending 20 months in relation to a money-laundering investigation.
According to details, the party’s Vice President Maryam Nawaz along with a large number of party workers reached Kot Lakhpat jail to welcome her cousin, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif after his release from jail.
PML-N has prepared well in advance for the party leader’s release as 12 different camps have been set up across Lahore to welcome him. The party workers, carrying drums and showering rose petals, danced and celebrated for hours outside the jail in anticipation of his release.
The release orders of Hamza Shahbaz were issued by the accountability court’s duty judge Akmal Khan after the surety bonds deposited by the PML-N leader were verified.
Special Prosecutor Syed Faisal Raza Bukhari appeared on behalf of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), while Azam Nazir Tarar and Amjad Pervez appeared on behalf of Hamza.
After hearing the arguments of both parties, the court granted bail to Hamza and ordered him to submit two surety bonds of Rs10 million each. NAB had arrested Hamza On June 11, 2019, after the LHC rejected his interim bail in the Ramzan Sugar Mills and money laundering cases.
