LAHORE: The accountability court will hear the case of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case today.
Hamza Shehbaz will be presented before an accountability court as his 14-day judicial remand ends today.
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Accountability court judge Amjad Nazeer Chaudhry will hear the case.
Strict security measures have been taken outside the Judicial Complex to prevent any inauspicious incident.
In February, the National Accountability Bureau (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.
The bureau alleged that the step inflicted a loss of Rs. 213 million to the national funds.
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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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