Home department wants Shahbaz’s house declared sub-jail

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LAHORE: The Punjab home department has written a letter to the federal interior ministry, asking it to declare under-trial prisoner Shahbaz Sharif’s designated residence in Islamabad as sub-jail.

In the letter addressed to the interior secretary, the Punjab home department has said that Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif is required to attend the assembly session at 4pm on Dec 10.

In this context, the home department has requested that the opposition leader’s designated residence in Islamabad be declared sub-jail from Dec 10 till the assembly session’s end. The session is expected to continue for two weeks.

Mr Sharif is facing trial under the charges of corruption in cases pertaining to Saaf Pani and Ashiyana housing schemes and alleged misuse of authority. He has been in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau for almost two months and was recently shifted to Lahore central Jail after an accountability court denied extending his physical remand.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2018

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Khan

Dec 10, 2018 08:02am

There is no proof of any wrongdoing, so free the opposition leader, you cannot lock up opposition for 5 years for Imran Khan PTI Government. That is not democracy.

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Saif Zulfiqar

Dec 10, 2018 08:25am

What a shame. See what greed has done to these looters of the country?

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Mian shah hussain

Dec 10, 2018 08:51am

There are thousands of criminals of different nature who are in jails for years all over the country , who have not been proved guilty yet and Mr Shahbaz is one of them. He can’t be treated any different than others.so let him stay in.

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