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NAB Arrests Hamza Shehbaz After LHC Turns Down Bail Extension Plea

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday arrested Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz after Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected the extension in the pre-arrest bail in Money laundering and Ramzan Sugar Mills scandal case.

The two-member bench, comprising Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Shahid Waheed Khan, heard the petition as the PML-N leader appeared before the court amid strict security arrangements.

The PML-N leader was arrested from the premises of LHC.

A large number of PML-N workers were present outside the court and chanted anti-government slogans after the arrest of Hamza Shehbaz.

Talking to media after the arrest Hamza announced that he will leave politics if corruption of a single penny was proven against him.

“I will quit politics if it is proven that I was involved in corrupt practices,” he added.

Hamza, along with National Assembly Opposition Leader, Shehbaz Sharif, was indicted in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case on April 9.

Earlier on Monday, former president and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday surrendered himself to a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur’s pre-arrest bail plea in the money laundering case.

Following the refusal of his pre-arrest bail, a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) accompanied by police personnel had reached the residence of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in order to arrest him.

Zardari was arrested from Zardari House as his children Bilawal Bhutto and Asifa were also present during his arrest.