Sugar mills case adjourned till Aug 9

Hamza Shehbaz says NAB should prove allegations against him

LAHORE: An accountability court adjourned the hearing of Ramzan Sugar Mills case till August 9. Duty Judge Muhammad Waseem Akhtar conducted the proceedings wherein opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz was produced on the expiry of his judicial remand. Opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif’s counsel, in response to a court query, submitted that his client was busy in Islamabad in connection with the Senate session. He pleaded with the court to accept Shehbaz’s exemption application. With the permission of the court, Hamza also spoke in his defence and submitted that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had levelled corruption allegations against him but should also prove them. He submitted that if allegations were proven against him, he would apologise to the court and the nation. Subsequently, the court adjourned further proceedings till August 9 while extending the judicial remand of Hamza. The court also allowed the exemption application of Shehbaz.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 2^nd, 2019.