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.
Shahbaz, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, has been accused of corruption in the Ashiana Housing scheme case. He will be produced before liablity court for remand tomorrow.
PML-N supporters outside NAB office after Shahbaz’s arrest in Lahore. He will be kept in a highly-sured lock-up inside the NAB Lahore office until his coming in court. The PML-N president will be presented before Administrative Judge Syed Najmul Hassan amidst tight security.
