Court Order: NAB to release Sharif family’s assets

Sharif family's assets and share certificates were confiscated following conviction of Nawaz Sharif in 1999.


Express October 05, 2011

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) bench ordered the anti-graft body on Tuesday to release the assets of the Sharif family which were seized on a court’s orders.

Headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, the LHC divisional bench issued the order while disposing of seven appeals filed by the Sharif family against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The court told NAB to return shares worth Rs100 million, prize bonds worth Rs115 million and documents pertaining to land in Murree, Chaudhry Sugar Mills, Hudabiya Engineering Services, Hamza Shipping Corporation, Ramzan Sugar Mills, etc.

The court observed that NAB had no authority to seize any citizen’s property after they were acquitted in cases. The counsel for NAB informed the court that all properties were seized on the directives of the federal government back in 2001. The Sharif family had appealed the court contending that the NAB was not releasing their properties.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2011.

COMMENTS (8)

Ernest | 12 years ago | Reply

Wow! Such dazzlingly large assets.. and only 5 thousand rupees tax!

Accountability | 12 years ago | Reply

I'm all for giving these assets back but now will the beneficiaries file income tax generated from these assets?

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