Shehbaz Sharif, Son Indicted In Corruption

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza were indicted by an accountability court in the Ramzan Sugar Mills corruption case on Tuesday. Both father and son –opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly respectively – pleaded not guilty to the charges against them which involve the misuse of their authority and the illegal use of public funds, Dawn online reported. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in February had filed a reference against the two alleging that the former Chief Minister of Punjab misused his authority by using public funds for the construction of a ditch to facilitate Ramzan mills, owned by his sons. (IANS)

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