Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz were exempted from attending today’s hearing of a money laundering case against them by an accountability court in Lahore.
Judge Naseem Ahmed Virk of AC-II was told by Chaudhry Nawaz Advocate, the counsel for both Shehbaz and Hamza, that while the prime minister was in Islamabad for the National AssemblyR17;s (NA) session, Hamza could not appear because he had to attend the Punjab AssemblyR17;s budget session.
Lawyers for Shehbaz and Hamza, on the other hand, will soon begin making arguments in favor of granting their clients permanent immunity from court appearances.
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