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NAB, police cordons off Shehbaz Sharif’s residence to arrest Hamza
BY STAFF REPORT , (LAST UPDATED 18 SECONDS AGO)
LAHORE: Heavy contingent of police surrounded the residence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in Model Town on Saturday.
The team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is accompanying the police.
The media stated the police and NAB have reached the residence to arrest PML-N leader and Punjab Assembly opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz.
While talking to media outside the residence, NAB Deputy Director Chaudhry Asghar said that the team has come to arrest Hamza Shehbaz in assets beyond means of income case.
“The guards should let us inside the residence,” he stated, adding that police and NAB are here all night long and will only leave after the arrest of Hamza Shehbaz.
“We have the arrest warrants,” he said.
According to PML-N spokesperson, Malik Ahmad, NAB and police have surrounded the residence of PML-N president.
Meanwhile, PML-N workers started to reach the residence of Sharifs as strong protest is expected once again.
In her statement, PML-N spokesperson Mariyum Aurangzeb said that NAB is doing state terrorism. “Yesterday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a rally that he will put whole opposition in the jail and today, this happened,” she said.
Moreover, the secretary of said that Hamza Shehbaz is not a terrorist rather a respectable politician hence should be treated accordingly.
“We have asked our workers to reach Model Town,” he said, adding that PML-N is ready to face every situation.
HAMZA CHALLENGED NAB’s RAID IN LHC:
Furthermore, Hamza Shehbaz challenged the NAB’s raid and effort to arrest him in the Lahore High Court (LHC). In his plea, Hamza termed NAB’s raid unconstitutional and illegal.
The plea was filed through Amjad Pervaiz, who is the lawyer of PA opposition leader. “The court must dismiss the arrest warrants of Hamza Shehbaz immediately,” the application asserted, adding that court should take action against the monetary watchdog for contempt of court.
“The raid by the NAB completely illegal and against the orders of the court, the application further said.
NAB’S FIRST RAID:
Earlier on Friday, a raid by the NAB to arrest Hamza Shehbaz from his house in Lahore’s Model Town area failed after the lawmaker’s guards resisted the search, forcing the NAB team to return empty-handed despite a “warrant”.
The accountability watchdog sent its team to 96-H in Model Town– residence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and his sons Hamza and Suleman Shahbaz – to arrest the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly after finding proof against him in two graft cases.
Hamza was present inside the house at the time of the raid.
At present, former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz and his sons Hamza and Salman are facing multiple NAB inquiries, including the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing scam and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases.
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...ff-shehbaz-sharifs-residence-to-arrest-hamza/
BY STAFF REPORT , (LAST UPDATED 18 SECONDS AGO)
LAHORE: Heavy contingent of police surrounded the residence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in Model Town on Saturday.
The team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is accompanying the police.
The media stated the police and NAB have reached the residence to arrest PML-N leader and Punjab Assembly opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz.
While talking to media outside the residence, NAB Deputy Director Chaudhry Asghar said that the team has come to arrest Hamza Shehbaz in assets beyond means of income case.
“The guards should let us inside the residence,” he stated, adding that police and NAB are here all night long and will only leave after the arrest of Hamza Shehbaz.
“We have the arrest warrants,” he said.
According to PML-N spokesperson, Malik Ahmad, NAB and police have surrounded the residence of PML-N president.
Meanwhile, PML-N workers started to reach the residence of Sharifs as strong protest is expected once again.
In her statement, PML-N spokesperson Mariyum Aurangzeb said that NAB is doing state terrorism. “Yesterday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a rally that he will put whole opposition in the jail and today, this happened,” she said.
Moreover, the secretary of said that Hamza Shehbaz is not a terrorist rather a respectable politician hence should be treated accordingly.
“We have asked our workers to reach Model Town,” he said, adding that PML-N is ready to face every situation.
HAMZA CHALLENGED NAB’s RAID IN LHC:
Furthermore, Hamza Shehbaz challenged the NAB’s raid and effort to arrest him in the Lahore High Court (LHC). In his plea, Hamza termed NAB’s raid unconstitutional and illegal.
The plea was filed through Amjad Pervaiz, who is the lawyer of PA opposition leader. “The court must dismiss the arrest warrants of Hamza Shehbaz immediately,” the application asserted, adding that court should take action against the monetary watchdog for contempt of court.
“The raid by the NAB completely illegal and against the orders of the court, the application further said.
NAB’S FIRST RAID:
Earlier on Friday, a raid by the NAB to arrest Hamza Shehbaz from his house in Lahore’s Model Town area failed after the lawmaker’s guards resisted the search, forcing the NAB team to return empty-handed despite a “warrant”.
The accountability watchdog sent its team to 96-H in Model Town– residence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and his sons Hamza and Suleman Shahbaz – to arrest the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly after finding proof against him in two graft cases.
Hamza was present inside the house at the time of the raid.
At present, former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz and his sons Hamza and Salman are facing multiple NAB inquiries, including the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing scam and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases.
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...ff-shehbaz-sharifs-residence-to-arrest-hamza/