Chaudhry mills case: Maryam, Yousaf Abbas remanded in NAB custody till Aug 21
The bureau requested the court for the physical remand of the PML-N leader.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Accountability court on Friday has approved 12-day physical remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s nephew Yousaf Abbas in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.
During the hearing headed by judge Naeem Arshad, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) told that hefty investment was made on the name of Maryam and that Panama case has nothing to do with this case. Transactions worth millions of rupees were made under Chaudhry and Shamim mills, the NAB prosecutor continued.
Subsequently, the court approved NAB request for physical remand of Maryam Nawaz and Yousaf Abbas and adjourned the hearing till August 21.
On the occasion, the protesting party workers clashed with the security personnel outside the court and exchanged harsh words for barring them from entering the premises. However, PML-N’s Uzma Bukhari was allowed to go inside the court for proceedings.
On August 8, NAB team had detained Maryam Nawaz outside the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore for skipping appearance in Chaudhry Sugar Mills due to meeting with her father and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Maryam Nawaz was unable to provide the required details of foreign investment in sugar mills while she was also failed to satisfy the bureau regarding source of income for purchasing the shares. NAB has also claimed that three foreigners had transferred 11000 shares worth millions of rupees on Maryam Nawaz’s name.
The anti-corruption watchdog’s daycare centre was declared sub-jail for the PML-N leader while female police and NAB personnel were deployed for her.
Earlier on July 19, accountability court had turned down petition of NAB claiming Maryam Nawaz had produced a bogus trust deed in Avenfield reference.
Judge Mohammad Bashir had declared anti-corruption watchdog’s appeal as unmaintainable and ruled that no action can be taken in this regard until the decision of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Maryam’s petition against the Avenfield properties verdict.
On July 6, 2018, accountability judge Mohammad Bashir had convicted former premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz in Avenfield properties reference and sentenced them 10 years and 07 years imprisonment, respectively.
In the verdict, judge Bashir had declared that “The trust deeds produced by the accused Maryam Nawaz were also found bogus… In view of the role of this accused Maryam Nawaz, she is convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for seven years with fine of two million pounds.”
She was arrested and shifted to Adiala jail. Later, in September 2018, she was released from jail after the Islamabad High Court suspended her prison sentence.
