LAHORE: NAB Team Reaches 96-H Model Town To Arrest Shehbaz Sharif

LAHORE– The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) team alongside a heavy contingent of police officers on Tuesday reached Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif’s Model Town residence to arrest him.

Earlier today, the PML-N president skipped a NAB hearing and in his response to the anti-graft watchdog said its team could question him via Skype because he was old and did not wish to pose a risk to his health amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In the response, the PML-N president said the coronavirus cases were rising and the pandemic was nearing its peak. He added that some of the NAB’s officers had tested positive for the deadly respiratory illness as well.

Shehbaz said he was 69 years old and a cancer patient; therefore, the NAB’s investigative team could question him via Skype.

Heavy police contingents were deployed in and outside the residence in order to avoid any untoward incident.

PML-N leaders also assembled outside the residence of their leader after NAB team’s raid.