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AC adjourns hearing of 2 references against Shahbaz, Hamza
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February 18, 2021
LAHORE: Hearing of the money laundering reference against the family of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif was adjourned without any progress due to unavailability of the regular judge of an Accountability Court.
The jail officials brought Shahbaz and his son and leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz to the judicial complex for the hearings of two references –- the money laundering and Punjab Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme.
Duty Judge Akmal Khan adjourned the money laundering reference till Feb 24. Later Shahbaz was produced before another Accountability Court for the housing scheme reference wherein statements of two prosecution witnesses were recorded. Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry summoned more witnesses on Feb 25. With the permission of the judge, Shahbaz, being President of PML-N, also signed tickets of his party’s candidates for the Senate electio
AC adjourns hearing of two references against Shahbaz, Hamza
Top Story
February 18, 2021
LAHORE: Hearing of the money laundering reference against the family of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif was adjourned without any progress due to unavailability of the regular judge of an Accountability Court. The jail officials brought Shahbaz and his son and leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz to the judicial complex for the hearings of two references –- the money laundering and Punjab Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme.
Duty Judge Akmal Khan adjourned the money laundering reference till Feb 24. Later Shahbaz was produced before another Accountability Court for the housing scheme reference wherein statements of two prosecution witnesses were recorded. Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry summoned more witnesses on Feb 25.
National
February 16, 2021
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday directed Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar to submit an affidavit to explain whether Advocate General of Punjab Ahmad Awais was under his instructions at the time of giving a statement before the Supreme Court in Dec 2018 regarding formation of a new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to hold a fresh probe into the 2014 Model Town incident.
As the hearing commenced, Additional Advocate General Malik Akhtar Javed told a seven-judge larger bench that he had been appointed as prosecutor to represent the provincial government in the petitions against the JIT.
The larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan, on the last hearing, had refused to hear AGP Awais asking him to seek a permission first in writing from the chief minister to represent the government in the case. Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti, Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan, Justice Aalia Neelum, Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar, Justice Asja