LAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday recorded the statement of another prosecution witness in Ramzan Sugar Mills reference against Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz.
Earlier, Mr Shehbaz requested the court to delay the testimony of the prosecution witness as his lead counsel Amjad Pervaiz was not available due to an appearance before the Lahore High Court.
Presiding Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry turned down the request, saying the court was recording the statement of the witness only and his cross examination would be conducted in the presence of the defence counsel. The judge observed that only the suspect was required to be present during the statement of the witness.
An accountability court was told on Thursday an inquiry of assets beyond means against former defence minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif had been upgraded into an investigation. Reuters/File
LAHORE: An accountability court was told on Thursday an inquiry of assets beyond means against former defence minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif had been upgraded into an investigation.
A prosecutor of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) stated this before the court while the jail officials produced Mr Asif for the hearing of the case against him.
Presiding Judge Jawadul Hassan adjourned further hearing till Feb 18 and also extended the judicial remand of Mr Asif.