NAB Files Ramzan Sugar Mills Reference Against Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 19, 2019 | 12:20 AM
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed Ramzan Sugar Mills reference, accusing Opposition Leader in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz for causing loss of rupees 213 million to the national exchequer
LAHORE (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / NNI - 18th February, 2019) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed Ramzan Sugar Mills reference, accusing Opposition Leader in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz for causing loss of rupees 213 million to the national exchequer.As Punjab chief minister Shehbaz had misused his authority by constructing a 9 to 10 kilometers of drain to facilitate Ramzan Sugar mills under pretext of people well-being, the reference read.An inquiry that was carried out in the month of July last year, proved that Shehbaz abused his powers to benefit his family members, NAB said and added, We have subsequent evidence against the duo of father and son.
On February 2, following the completion of investigation into Ramzan Sugar Mills scam, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore, had decided to nominate Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz as main accused in the scandal.The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Director General (DG) NAB Lahore, Shehzad Saleem, and sought an approval from the Bureau's headquarters for filing reference against them.It is pertinent to mention here that, Shehbaz Sharif was granted bail in Ashiana Housing and Ramzan Sugar mills scandals last week by the Lahore High Court (LHC), while Hamza Shehbaz is in London owing to health issues of his new born baby.
NNI
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