LAHORE: An accountability court Wednesday handed over another alleged frontman of the Shehbaz Sharif family to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on physical remand till May 8 in a money laundering case. The officials submitted that the accused laundered millions of rupees for Shehbaz Sharif’s family members. At this, the court, handing over the accused to NAB custody on physical remand till May 8, directed for producing him on expiry of the remand term. So far, the bureau had arrested five suspects in connection with the money laundering and income beyond means investigation against Shehbaz Sharif and his sons. The NAB further said that suspect Mahmood was a cousin of another arrested suspect Shahid Shafiq and both allegedly transferred millions of rupees to the accounts of Shehbaz Sharif’s family members.

Source: Pakistan Today April 24, 2019 17:37 UTC