Lahore (Web Desk): An accountability court on Tuesday declared Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife Nusrat Shehbaz a proclaimed offender in a money laundering case.
As per the details, accountability judge Jawadul Hassan heard the cases while Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza, who are in custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), were also presented in the court.
During today’s hearing, the court observed that Nusrat Shehbaz was repeatedly summoned to court but she didn’t turn up.
The court remarked that she was given a 30-day respite, which has completed.
An associate lawyer representing the Sharif family informed the court that Advocate Amjad Pervez, the family's lawyer, couldn't appear in court as he was busy with a hearing of PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz's bail plea in the Supreme Court (SC).
The hearing was later adjourned.
Former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif is accused of accumulating assets worth Rs7,328 million in connivance with his co-accused family members, benamidars, front persons and close associations and for developing an organized system of money laundering.
NAB, in its reference, nominated a total of 20 individuals including Shahbaz’s wife Nusrat, his sons Hamza and Suleman, and daughters Rabia Imran and Javeria Ali.
