Hamza Shehbaz’s arrest: NAB team arrives at Shehbaz Sharif’s residence
Hamza Shehbaz’s arrest: NAB team arrives at Shehbaz Sharif’s residence
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday arrived at the Model Town residence of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif in order to arrest his son Hamza Shehbaz.
Police have surrounded the family of resident of Sharifs a day after NAB raided the house in order to arrest Hamza Shehbaz.
Also read: Case registered against Hamza Shehbaz’s security guards
Geo News correspondent said the police were accompanying the NAB team which has come with full preparation to arrest Hamaza Shehbaz.
Additional Director NAB Chaudhry Asghar told the media that he has brought an arrest warrants for Hamza, asking the PMLN leader to surrender .
“We will not leave with arresting Hamza Shehbaz,” he said.
Asked about the allegations against Hamza Shehbaz , he said the PMLN leader was facing charges of money laundering and cases of assets beyond known sources of income.
A large number of PMLN workers were also gathering outside the residence of Sharif family to show solidarity with party leaders.
There were also fears of clash between the PMLN workers and police.
PMLN spokesman
Malik Ahmed Khan said the NAB action was politically motivated and illegal.
He said Hamza Shehbaz had cooperated with investigators but the NAB was presenting an incorrect interpretation of Supreme Court orders.
He said Hamza Shehbaz was of the view that his legal position was strong and would not surrender.
Responding to a question regarding prospects of clash between police and PMLN workers, he said the party workers have been requested to avoid confrontation.
The anti-corruption watch-dog on Friday accused N-league leader’s security guards of manhandling its team which had gone to arrest Hamza Shehbaz.
On Friday, NAB had raided the residence in order to arrest his son Hamza Shehbaz.
PML-N leader Marrium Aurangzeb told Geo News that a seven to eight- member NAB team carried out the raid at Shehbaz Sharif’s property in 96-H without any warrant.
“Are Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shairf terrorist that NAB is carrying out raids like that,” asked Aurangzeb.
She said Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz and other family members were present inside the house when the raid was carried out.
Case registered
The NAB has filed an application with Model Town police station for registration of a case against PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz’s security guards and others.
NAB’s van driver Mumtaz Hussain filed the application wherein security guards were nominated. The complainant alleged that the accused interfered in the official duties and tortured the officials.
The complainant had submitted that the NAB team reached at Hamza Shahbaz’s residence in Model Town and showed his arrest warrants to the security guards including Abdul Rehman, Shahbaz Khan and Muhammad Saleem.
He stated that the said security guards along with six other unknown security guards attacked the bureau team and tortured van driver, Mumtaz Hussain, and tore his clothes besides giving threats of dire consequences.
Meanwhile, 15 to 20 PML-N workers also reached the scene and started raising slogans, he said, adding that the workers pushed the NAB officials and asked them to leave.
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