Hamza Shahbaz remanded for 15 days

LAHORE: NAB has been granted 15 days physical remand of Hamza Shahbaz by an accountability court here today.

Hamza Shahbaz, Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, was arrested yesterday (Tuesday 11th of June) in money laundering, having assets beyond means and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases when LHC dismissed his bail petitions.

NAB’s IO informed the court that Hamza Shahbaz’s assets in 2003 were worth Rs. 22.5 million that augmented to Rs. 210 million in 2009.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.