NAB allegations over Hamza need to be investigated

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar Friday said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had leveled serious allegations on Hamza Shahbaz Sharif which needed to be investigated.

Talking to a private news channel, he condemned the behavior of Hamza Shahbaz and his supporters with NAB officials at his residence in Model Town, saying they had threatened and beaten the officials despite showing arrest warrants.

To a question, Shahzad Akbar said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Leader Aleem Khan had also been arrested by the NAB despite appearing in the court continuously and asked what was wrong if Hamza would also had been arrested.

Shahzad said that Lahore High Court in its decision had ordered NAB to send a notice to any person before arrest, and added under the Constitution it was a weak decision.

NAB had already challenged the Lahore High Court's decision in the Supreme Court, he said.

The apex court while commenting on the LHC decision stated that NAB was not required to serve a notice to any person before arrest.

Commenting on NAB revelations over Hamza Shehbaz and Suleman Shehbaz, he said that they were not appearing in the accountability court despite issuing several call up notices.

The NAB, he said even had issued call up notices to Suleman Shahbaz through Pakistani High Commission in London but he did not appear in the court.

He said that according to the revelations made by the two arrested persons by NAB, both the Sharif brothers had a key role in money laundering as well as in illegal foreign exchange.