Money laundering case: Hamza Shahbaz remanded in NAB custody for 14 days


LAHORE (DAILY QUDRAT ) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday has been granted 14-day physical remand of Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz in assets and money laundering cases.

During the hearing, the anti-corruption watchdog told the accountability court that millions of dollars were transferred from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s account by those who were not having passports.

On June 11, the accountability watchdog had arrested Hamza in the same cases shifted him to the bureau’s headquarter at Thokar Niaz Baig in Lahore as the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned down his applications for extension in his interim bail.


He had further stated that in this case, the investigation into money laundering case was still ongoing and his client was coordinating with the investigation team.


Moreover, the prosecutor had submitted complete details of assets of Shahbaz Sharif’s family members in the court with an argument that their assets were beyond their known sources of income.



The court was also informed that the bureau had already arrested two money exchangers, and that [out of the total 40] 38 individuals have not confessed [their crime] despite of the fact that the amounts were transferred from their accounts.

“Rs180 million were laundered and Hamza was unable to provide sources of the amount,” the prosecutor had concluded.


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