LAHORE: An accountability court is likely to indict Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, his son Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz and others in the money laundering and illegal assets reference on the next hearing.
Earlier, the jail officials produced the duo before the court in two separate Armoured Personnel Vehicles (APCs) while strict security measures had been taken by the police outside the judicial complex. At the outset of the hearing, a prosecutor of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted copies of the statements of its four approvers before the court.
Presiding Judge Jawadul Hassan directed Shehbaz to receive the copies of the statements and asked his counsel as to how much time he needed to prepare for the framing of the charges. Shehbaz tells court his name was not mentioned in statements of approvers; Maryam meets uncle, cousin at judicial complex; predicts 2021 election year Mr Shehbaz said his name was nowhere mentioned in the statements of the approvers recorded before the magistrate under section 164 of CrPC.
“It would benefit you in the trial,” the judge said to him. Advocate Amjad Pervez, the defense counsel, sought at least one-week time and the judge allowed his request putting off the hearing for Nov 11.Mr. Shehbaz complained to the judge that he had not been provided the facility of physiotherapy in the jail despite permission granted by the court. He further said that a medical board of Jinnah Hospital was also yet to examine him.
The PML-N president told the judge that he had been suffering from a severe backache as he was unable to sit in the APC. “The pain does not allow me to sit neither in the jail lock-up nor in the APC,” he said.
Source: dawn.com
