Pakistan’s anti-graft body on Saturday arrested Opposition leader and PML-N chief Shehbaz Sharif in another corruption case and had his remand extended till November 24.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had taken Mr. Shehbaz, younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former Chief Minister of Punjab, into custody on October 5 in the Rs. 14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal housing project scam.
He was produced before an accountability court in Lahore for a hearing and the NAB requested extension of his remand by another 15 days. His counsel Ahmad Pervaiz opposed this, saying that his client had been in NAB custody for more than a month and the agency had not been able to prove anything against him.
NAB prosecutor Waris Ali Janjua said the body could not interrogate Mr. Shehbaz properly as he attended the National Assembly session during the remand period. After hearing the arguments, the court extended 14-day remand of Mr. Shehbaz in NAB custody till November 24.
Meanwhile, Mr. Shehbaz’s son Salman Shehbaz on Friday skipped an NAB hearing as he left for London.