Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif was on Friday arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) at its Lahore office in connection with the Rs14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme case, the bureau said in a statement.
He will be kept in a highly-secured lock-up inside the NAB Lahore office until his presence in court.
PML-N supporters outside NAB office after Shahbaz’s arrest in Lahore.
The PML-N president will be presented before Administrative Judge Syed Najmul Hassan amidst tight security. NAB will request the court for a 14-day physical custody of Shahbaz sharif.
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