ISLAMABAD: Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has issued production orders for Opposition Leader Punjab Hamza Shehbaz Sharif.
The speaker has granted production orders for Hamza to allow him to attend the provincial assembly session which is scheduled to meet today at 3pm.
The session requisitioned by the opposition parties will discuss matters related to inflation, law and order situation.
On the other hand, Hamza Shehbaz is on judicial remand over charges of assets beyond means and money laundering.
The NAB has filed a reference accusing former Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, his son Hamza Shahbaz and others for causing losses to the national exchequer and misusing authority by sanctioning the construction of a bridge to facilitate their own sugar mills.
NAB officials say, Shehbaz Sharif, being the chief minister of Punjab, misused his authority by issuing directives for the construction of a 10-kilometer-long drain in Chiniot primarily to benefit the sugar mills owned by his sons.
Shehbaz and Hamza have been accused of fraudulently causing Rs. 213 million loss to the national exchequer. (With input from INP)
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