The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president was presented in court today. During the hearing, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sought a 15-day extension in his physical remand.
Earlier accountability court in Lahore on Monday reserved its decision on further extending former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif's remand in the Ashiana Housing scheme case.
The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president was presented in court today as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sought a 15-day extension in his remand.
Shehbaz was arrested on October 5 in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case after he appeared before NAB in the Saaf Pani case. On October 6, an accountability court in Lahore had granted the anti-graft body a 10-day physical remand of Shehbaz. The PML-N president’s remand was then extended on October 16 by 14 days.
The PML-N president's physical remand ends tomorrow, however, he was presented in the accountability court today as October 30 is a holiday.
Reserving its decision on the case, the court adjourned the hearing till tomorrow.
Shehbaz was brought to court amid tight security and a large number of PML-N supporters were gathered outside the premises.
The PML-N workers chanted slogans against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and even clashed with police personnel deployed outside the court. Following the clashes, police resorted to baton-charge.
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