Daily Times

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) quizzed Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz for around 2-and-a-half hours in disproportionate assets case on Friday.

NAB had summoned Hamza Shehbaz and brother Salman Shehbaz in the case. However, Salman did not appear before the corruption watchdog since he was out of the country.

Hamza was questioned about alleged disproportionate assets, use of public finances to facilitate Ramzan Sugar Mill and Saaf Pani case. He brought with him the record of his assets for submission, as requested by NAB.

After the interrogation, the PML-N leader was handed an additional questionnaire which he has to submit within a week.

Earlier this month, the Lahore High Court (LHC) accepted Hamza Shehbaz’s plea for protective bail.

A two-judge bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi heard the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s plea in which he had stated that he feared that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will arrest him.

Accepting Hamza’s plea, the court granted him protective bail till November 13 and ordered that the PML-N leader not be arrested till the next hearing.

The bench also issued a notice to the accountability watchdog and summoned a reply on Hamza’s plea.

Earlier this year, NAB had summoned Hamza in connection to the Punjab Saaf Pani Company case.

Hamza’s father and PML-N president, Shehbaz Sharif, has been in NAB’s custody since October 5 in connection to the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case.