The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has once again arrested the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, from outside the Lahore High Court (LHC) in a money-laundering case.
The arrest came as the court rejected the bail petitions filed by the PML-N president in the said case as well as that pertaining to his assets.
Shehbaz had earlier reached the LHC for a hearing on his interim bail petition in the money-laundering case by NAB.
A two-member bench of the LHC presided over the hearing, while lawyers representing the former Punjab chief minister (CM) presented their arguments after a three-day hiatus.
A large number of PML-N party workers reached the court to express their support for Shehbaz, Geo reported.
On Thursday, a two-judge bench of the LHC had extended Shehbaz’s interim bail in the same case till September 28.
In December last year, the anti-graft watchdog had issued orders to freeze 23 properties owned by former Punjab chief executive and his sons, Hamza and Suleman, over claims they had acquired assets beyond their known sources of income and committed money-laundering.
According to the NAB, an investigation against Shehbaz, Hamza, Suleman, and others had revealed that the PML-N president had acquired properties in the name of his wives Nusrat and Tehmina Durrani.
While the authorities are also reportedly tightening the noose around Suleman, who is in London, Hamza already remains incarcerated.
