LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz on Friday has strongly condemned PML-N’s President Shehbaz Sharif’s arrest by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Ashiana Housing Scheme (AHS) case.
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While addressing a press conference in La
hore Hamza Shehbaz said that PML-N leaders were being arrested before every election, which
was beyond consideration.
Hazma Shehbaz said that his father was accused of cancelling AHS contract awarded to Lateef & sons despite the fact that it was cancelled by the Punjab Land
Development Company (PLDC).
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“Lateef was accused of irregularities in orange line and other projects, adding that he was entered into plea bargain with the NAB.”
He di
sclosed that Lateef was absconding in a corruption ca
se and still was awarded with contract of Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (PBRT) by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.