NAB court summons final report on Ramzan Sugar Mills case against Shehbaz Sharif
The hearing has been adjourned till February 8.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Accountability court on Thursday has directed to present final report on Ramzan Sugar Mills case against Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif within 15 days.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor told the court that matter has been forwarded to the chairman for approval after which, a reference will be filed against the ex-CM till the next hearing.
Meanwhile, Shehbaz Sharif’s lawyer said that his client was in Islamabad for National Assembly session due to which, he was unable to attend the proceedings.
Subsequently, the hearing has been adjourned till February 8.
Shehbaz Sharif’s arrest
NAB had arrested Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme scam on October 5. The former chief minister was charged with awarding illegal contracts to his favorite firm.
He was apprehended during his appearance before NAB in Saaf Pani Company scam. Sources told that three files were tabled before him. The bureau quizzed Sharif regarding a tender awarded to a private consultancy company for a survey of the Saaf Pani company.
The PML-N president had failed to satisfy the probing team of the bureau during the investigation and was ultimately arrested.
The anti-graft watchdog had claimed that the company did not conduct any kind of survey but nevertheless was provided a lucrative sum of Rs 1.5 billion.
Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s principal secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad became an approver in the case. Fawad Hassan Fawad, in his statement before NAB, had claimed that he had awarded a contract to a “favourite firm” in the Rs14 billion Ashiana Housing project at the behest of Shahbaz Sharif.
The anti-graft agency said that the contract for the housing scheme was won by a construction company titled Chaudhry Latif and Sons but Sharif cancelled it and later on awarded the contract to Lahore Casa Developers – a proxy group of Paragon City (Pvt) Limited, which is said to be owned by ex-Railways Minister Saad Rafique”.
