Nawaz meets Shehbaz in NAB sub-jail

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif met his younger brother and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sub-jail on Monday.

According to reports, the brothers discussed the party’s conditions and the current political situation of the country during the informal meeting held at the minister’s enclave which had been declared as a sub-jail by NAB.

The PML-N president has been in NAB’s custody since October 5 in connection to the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme
case, and is currently incarcerated in NAB’s sub-jail in the federal capital as he is on a transitory remand till November 6.

NAB has also accused Shehbaz of misusing his powers while being the chief minister of Punjab in an inquiry pertaining to Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC), alleging that as chief minister of Punjab, Shehbaz transferred the Ashiana Scheme project from Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) to Lahore Development Authority (LDA), ordered for the project to be transferred back from LDA to PLDC, illegally ordered for the project to be transferred to Paragon Housing Society and then kept it in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

He is further accused of interfering in board affairs and in taking measures in violation of the law, and illegally cancelling the contract of Lateef & Sons contractors in 2013.

The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly (NA) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president was last week produced before Judge Mohammad Bashir on Wednesday, October 31 by the National Accountability Bureau where the anti-corruption watchdog sought a seven-day extension in Shehbaz’s transit remand, which was granted by the court.