A anti -corruption court on Thursday acquitted Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz in the Ramadan Sugar Mill case when the defense and prosecution ended their arguments.
In 2018, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference against Prime Minister Shahbaz – who was the Chief Minister at the time – and his son Hamza alleged that he committed the crime to the National Treasury 213. Millions of rupees have been damaged. Abuse of authority.
It was stated that Shahbaz had issued a directive for the use of Ramadan sugar mills primarily for the construction of a drain in Chennai district, which is owned by his son Hamza and Suleiman.
On October 17, 2024, an accountability court transferred the reference to Ramadan Sugar Mills to the Anti -Corruption Court due to a lack of jurisdiction following amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance 1999. NAB, after the amendment, cannot take legal action against the alleged crime involved in the money. In reference to the mills, Rs 500 million and the crime amount was less than the minimum price.
The accountability court was told that the NAB submitted a case of alleged corruption of Rs 213 million.
Today, the court, which had earlier reserved its decision, accepted bad requests from Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz.
Defense lawyer, Amjad Flight, argued that the matter was “politically encouraged”, which said that the directive for the construction of the drain was not issued by the then Chief Minister, but his It was approved by the Punjab cabinet as part of the development scheme. Area
