Ramzan Sugar Mills case: Court records statements of two witnesses
- By Abid Khan -
- Dec 07, 2020
LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday recorded statements of two witnesses in Ramzan Sugar Mills case, ARY News reported.
The hearing of the case was resumed by AC Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry.
The jail authorities presented Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif before the court under strict adherence of the coronavirus related SOPs.
The jail authorities, secretary home presented their report on the orders of the court over not presenting Hamza on hearings.
Earlier, the court took notice of Hamza Shahbaz’s absence in the hearing and had ordered the jail officials to submit a written response to clarify the reasons for not producing him.
The NAB had filed a reference accusing former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif, his son Hamza Shahbaz and others for causing losses to the national exchequer and misusing authority by sanctioning construction of a bridge to facilitate the sugar mills.
NAB officials say, Shehbaz Sharif, being the chief minister of Punjab, misused his authority by issuing directives for the construction of a 10-kilometre-long drain in Chiniot primarily to benefit the sugar mill owned by his sons. Shehbaz and Hamza have been accused of fraudulently causing a Rs 213 million loss to the national exchequer.