LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials on Friday grilled Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz in an illegal assets case on Friday.
The anti-graft watchdog had sought documents and details of all assets, domestic and foreign, owned by Hamza, who is the son of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif.
NAB also sought transactions details of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s bank accounts and that of his family members.
During the investigation that continued for two hours and 45 minutes, Hamza told NAB investigators that he only looks after political matters while his brother Suleman Shehbaz handles financial issues.
Last week, NAB tried to raid the Sharif family’s Lahore residence for two consecutive days to arrest Hamza. However, PML-N workers and guards resisted the arrest, resulting in NAB registering an FIR against Hamza’s guards for torturing and hurling threats at their team.
Later, a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) accepted pre-arrest bail request of the Punjab legislator and asked NAB authorities not to arrest Hamza till April 17.
The LHC bench, headed by Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, issued notices to NAB, seeking para-wise comments by April 17, and directed Hamza to furnish bail bonds of Rs10 million.
