LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday allowed one-time exemption from personal appearance to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz in three references of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The legal team of Shehbaz and Hamza filed applications requesting the court to allow the exemption in the references of Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme, money laundering and Ramzan Sugar Mills.

The court was told that the prime minister was on an official tour to Saudi Arabia while Hamza had to attend a session of the Punjab Assembly.

The court allowed the applications and adjourned the hearing in the references till May 14.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2022