Lahore (November 13, 2018): Lahore High Court (LHC) has extended interim bail of Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz till November 20.
Hamza approached the court and submitted a plea seeking bail to avoid arrest in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases.
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A two-member bench headed by Justice Baqar Najafi heard the case today.
Due to the unavailability of Hamza’s lawyer, the court did not proceed with any action on the case and extended the interim bail of Hamza Shahbaz till November 20.
Earlier on November 09, Hamza Shehbaz appeared in NAB Office in Lahore over Assets beyond the income case.
According to details, NAB called upon Hamza Shehbaz and Salman Shehbaz in assets case. Although, Salman Shehbaz was not able to reach the office as he was abroad.
Previously on November 01, the Lahore High Court (LHC) accepted Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly, Hamza Shehbaz’s plea for protective bail.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi heard the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s plea in which he had stated that he feared that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will arrest him.
Accepting Hamza’s plea, the court granted him protective bail till November 13 and ordered that the PML-N leader not be arrested till the next hearing. 
The bench also issued a notice to the accountability watchdog and summoned a reply on Hamza’s plea.
Earlier this year, NAB had summoned Hamza in connection to the Punjab Saaf Pani Company case.
Hamza’s father and PML-N president, Shehbaz Sharif, has been in NAB’s custody since October 5 in connection to the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case.
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