The Lahore High Court on Tuesday extended interim bail of opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz till November 20 and restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting him.
Earlier, Hamza Shahbaz appeared before a bench; however, his counsel Azam Nazir Tarar was not available. A lawyer told the bench that Tarar was out of country to attend a law conference. He asked the court to extend the concession of bail already granted to the petitioner.
The bench accordingly extended the bail till next date of hearing on November 20. The PML-N workers were also present on the court premises who chanted slogans in favour of their party leaders.
Hamza in his petition contended that the NAB had initiated three inquiries against him including Punjab Saaf Pani Company, Ramzan Sugar Mills and assets beyond means. He also questioned the jurisdiction of the NAB to probe into the matters.
His counsel pointed out that the petitioner had been appearing before the investigation teams of the NAB and provided them all the required information and documents. The counsel said there were serious apprehensions that the NAB might arrest the petitioner at the time of his appearance.
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