Court summons NAB's witnesses for testimonies in Ramzan Sugar Mills case
The court has accepted exemption from the hearing plea of Shehbaz Sharif a
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Accountability court on Thursday has conducted hearing on Ramzan Sugar Mills reference against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz.
According to details, the court has accepted exemption from the hearing plea of Shehbaz Sharif and summoned the witnesses of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for testimonies.
It is to be mentioned here that accountability court had indicted PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz in Ramzan Sugar Mills reference.
Both the accused pleaded not guilty in the reference and their lawyer requested time for case preparation which was rejected by the court.
NAB had claimed that a drain was constructed out of public money in Chiniot to facilitate the Ramzan Sugar Mills when Shehbaz Sharif, the co-accused in the case, was Punjab’s chief minister.
Hamza Shahbaz was also charged in the case as he is the chief executive of the Ramzan Sugar Mills.