ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday extended former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif’s transit remand to November 6 in the Ashiana Housing scheme case.
The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly (NA) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president was produced before Judge Mohammad Bashir on Wednesday, October 31 by the National Accountability Bureau.
The anti-corruption watchdog sought a seven-day extension in Shehbaz’s transit remand, which was granted by the court.
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 granted NAB a 10-day physical remand of Shehbaz.
The PML-N president’s remand was then extended on October 16 by 14 days.
He was already on transit remand, which was to expire Wednesday before the court extended it by seven days.
Earlier, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president was presented in court on October 16.
During the hearing, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had sought a 15-day extension in his physical remand.