An accountability court in Lahore on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request for an extension in Shahbaz Sharif’s physical remand in the Aashiana Housing case.
NAB has asked the court for a 16-day extension in the PML-N chief’s physical remand.
Shahbaz was presented in court today when Justice Saeed Najam, who was hearing the case, asked NAB how long the PML-N chairman has been in custody.
Waris Ali Janjua, special prosecutor for NAB, told the court that Shahbaz has been in custody for 54 days.
“He was given a questionnaire regarding the case on November 19. Shahbaz submitted his written reply in the case yesterday,” Janjua said.
He added: “However, in reply to three or four questions, Shahbaz has said that he does not remember the correct details and will have to check [some documents] to answer them.”
Shahbaz’s lawyer argued that investigation into the case had been going on since January this year, and that the PML-N president had been in NAB custody for 54 days now.
“Has NAB not been able to wrap up the inquiry in this case for the past 11 months?” the lawyer argued.
