Daily Times

An accountability court on Friday directed Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz to appear in person in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case.

The accountability judge set June 11 for the indictment of the father-son duo and other accused in the case. He directed the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president to show up on the next hearing at any cost. The hearing was postponed to June 11.

Meanwhile, the court adjourned the money laundering and assets beyond means cases against Hamza Shehbaz till June 18. The PML-N leader, who is in judicial custody, was not brought to the court owing to the pandemic. Earlier this week, the Lahore High Court had granted pre-arrest bail to PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif in the assets beyond means and money laundering case. A two-member bench of the LHC comprising Justice Tariq Abbasi and Justice Farooq Haider had granted bail against surety bonds worth Rs 500,000 and also restrained the National Accountability (NAB) from arresting Shehbaz till June 17.

Shehbaz’s counsel had told the court that his client had provided all the documents that NAB had asked for. He added Shehbaz had been summoned on October 5, 2018, and had been arrested in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case.

The court had then ordered NAB not to arrest the PML-N leader till June 17 and directed Shehbaz to submit bonds worth Rs 500,000.