Courts grants pre-arrest bail to Shehbaz’s son-in-law

LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Haroon Yousaf, a son-in-law of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a reference of money laundering made by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Yousaf had been declared a proclaimed offender by the court for his constant disappearance in the proceedings.

Yousaf appeared before the court along with his legal team and sought pre-arrest bail.

A lawyer argued before the court that the NAB implicated Yousaf in the reference on political grounds as he was a son-in-law of a politician. He said the petitioner was ready to join the investigation before the NAB but there was an apprehension of his arrest.

He asked the court to allow the bail to the petitioner so he could appear before the investigation team to prove his innocence.

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The court granted the pre-arrest bail to Yousaf till Jan 12 and directed him to join the investigation before the NAB.

In this reference, the NAB alleged that the family members and benamidars of PM Shehbaz received fake foreign remittances of billions in their personal bank accounts.

In addition to these remittances, the bureau said, billions of rupees were laundered by way of foreign pay orders, which were deposited in personal bank accounts of his sons Hamza and Suleman.

PM Shehbaz, his son Hamza, daughter Javeria Ali have been indicted in the reference besides other accused including Fazal Dad Abbasi, Rashid Karamat, Muhammad Usman, Masroor Anwar, Nisar Ahmad, Shoaib Qamar and Qasim Qayum. Shehbaz’s wife Nusrat has been indicted through a pleader as she is out of the country.

Suleman recently ended his self-exile and returned to the country and got pre-arrest bail in the reference.