PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz released from Kot Lakhpat jail after 20 months
LAHORE: PML-N's Leader of the Opposition within the Punjab Assembly, Hamza Shahbaz, was released on bail after spending 20 months in jail in reference to a concealment investigation.
The PML-N leader was released after the accountability court issued his release orders and dispatched them to Kot Lakhpat Jail. The Punjab lawmakers was welcomed by PML-N vice chairman Maryam Nawaz outside the jail's premises when he came out.
The PML-N had prepared well beforehand for the party leader's release as 12 different camps are found out across Lahore to welcome him.
Arrangements were made to welcome the PML-N leader from Kot Lakhpat Jail and convey him back to his residence within the sort of a rally. PML-N workers carrying drums and showering rose petals danced and celebrated for hours outside the jail in anticipation of his release.
LHC grants Hamza Shahbaz bail in concealment case
The Lahore supreme court (LHC) on Wednesday granted bail to Hamza within the concealment case after a two-member bench of the court heard his bail plea.
Special Prosecutor Syed Faisal Raza Bukhari appeared on behalf of the National Accountability Bureau, while Azam Nazir Tarar and Amjad Pervez appeared on behalf of Hamza.
After hearing the arguments of both parties, the court had granted bail to Hamza and ordered him to submit two surety bonds of Rs10 million each.
NAB had arrested Hamza after the LHC rejected his interim bail within the Ramzan Sugar Mills and concealment cases on June 11, 2019.
According to NAB, the PML-N leader made five companies from 2006 to 2009 and did business of quite Rs19 billion.
Hamza and his father Shahbaz Sharif were indicted during a concealment reference by an accountability court on Veterans' Day , 2020.
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