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LAHORE: Accountability court will hear the case of the Ramzan Sugar Mills filed against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz today.
The case hearing of the PML-N leader has been postponed twice as he was not presented before the court due to COVID-19 that has now affected over 20,000 lives across the country.
Hamza Shehbaz along with his father Shehbaz Sharif is accused of making a drain in Chiniot which benefitted in the Ramzan Sugar Mill. A case was filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against both, alleging the former chief minister Punjab misused his authority and constructed a 10-km sludge carrier in district Chiniot to facilitate the factory, owned by his sons.
The NAB alleged that the step inflicted a loss of Rs. 213 million to the national exchequer. The bureau further alleged that the approval of the construction was given on a fake application filed by the former MPA Maulana Rehmatullah, showing the drain as a public project and public funds were misused for the benefit of the Sharif’s family business.
Hamza Shehbaz is also held accountable by the NAB in assets beyond means case. In the year 2018, Hamza’s assets were found to be worth Rs410 million. He could not prove assets worth Rs380 million, and the money was laundered to Dubai and England.
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