LAHORE: An accountability court on Friday sought arguments on
a plea moved by Punjab Assembly opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz and his
mother Nusrat Shehbaz seeking directives for the authorities concerned to
unfreeze their assets.
The court put off the hearing until March 4 when lawyers representing the
applicants will forward more arguments.
Hamza and his mother stated in their plea that the National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) froze their assets in utter disregard for the actual facts as
assets cannot be frozen at a time when the investigation process is still
underway.
They requested the accountability court to review its verdict of allowing
the national graft buster to freeze the assets.
On Dec 11, 2019, the accountability court had ordered authorities to freeze
properties of the PML-N president and his family. The court, in its
verdict, directed the authorities concerned to freeze all assets of Shehbaz
Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz, Suleman Shehbaz, two wives of Shehbaz including
Nusrat Shehbaz and Tehmina Durrani. -Agencies
