An anti -corruption court acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in the case of Ramzan Sugar Mill after defense and prosecution concluded their arguments.
In 2018, the National Responsibility Office (NAB) had presented a reference against Prime Minister Shehbaz, who was the main minister at that time, and his son Hamza, claiming that they had caused a loss of RS213 million to the National Hacienda when committing The crime of misuse of authority.
He had said that Shehbaz had issued a directive for the construction of a drain in the Chinint district mainly for the use of Ramzan Sugar Mills, owned by his children Hamza and Suleman.
On October 17, 2024, a Court of Responsibility had transferred the reference of Ramzan Sugar Mills to the Anti -Corruption Court due to the lack of jurisdiction after the amendments introduced in the 1999 National Responsibility Ordinance. The NAB, after the amendment, It cannot prosecute an alleged crime that involves monetary money. Less than RS5 billion and the amount of crime in the reference of the factories was below the minimum value.
The Court of Responsibility was informed that the NAB in its reference presented a case of alleged corruption of RS213 million.
Today, the Court, which had reserved its verdict, accepted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Absolution of Hamza Shehbaz acquittal.
The defense lawyer, Amjad Pervaiz, had argued that the case was “politically motivated”, stating that the directive for the construction of the drain was not issued by the then main minister, but was approved by the Punjab cabinet as part of a scheme development for development for the area.
