NAB summons Hamza Shahbaz in assets beyond means case
Last updated on: 28 May,2019 03:39 pm
On May 22, the court had extended Hamza's pre-arrest bail till May 28 (today) in the same cases.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A two-member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday forwarded the case to the chief justice of LHC after the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz distrusted the bench in hearing his pre-arrest bail applications in three cases.
In this regard, Hamza has filed an application with the court to change the bench.
Meanwhile, jurors have excused themselves from hearing the applications, and Hamza’s bail has been extended for an unspecified period of time.
When the matter was disclosed, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supporters started chanting full-throat slogans in favour of Hamza.
The bench had been hearing applications for extension in his pre-arrest bail in Ramzan Sugar Mills, Punjab Saaf Pani Company and assets beyond means cases.
Police ensured strict security arrangements outside the judicial complex and the adjoining roads were blocked for routine traffic. The litigant public was also denied entry to the complex.
On May 22, the court had extended Hamza’s pre-arrest bail till May 28 in the same cases.
On May 8, the court extended his bail till May 22 when his counsel pointed out that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had not given them reasons for his arrest and the documents showing approval of the inquiries by the competent authority.
Contrarily, the NAB prosecutor told the bench that some documents were furnished to the petitioner; however, a report of the Financial Monitoring Unit could not be handed over to him as it was protected under the anti-money laundering law.