Court records statement of witness in money laundering case as Shehbaz, Hamza appear.

LAHORE -- Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz, Leaders of the Opposition in the National Assembly and the Punjab Assembly respectively, appeared before an accountability court in Lahore in the money laundering case against Shehbaz's family.

The court recorded statement of Muhammad Maqsood, a witness from the chief minister's office. A large number of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers and heavy contingents of police were present outside the court.

Earlier, Director General of NAB Lahore had submitted a report in the court through investigation officer on freezing the properties of Shehbaz Sharif's wife Nusrat Shahbaz, daughter Rabia Imran and others.

Shehbaz Sharif told that there was no doctor dealing with cancer patients present in the government panel, therefore, he requested the court to include his personal doctor in the board.

Accountability court had declared Shehbaz Sharif's wife Nusrat Shahbaz as proclaimed offender in money laundering case.

Nusrat Shahbaz was declraed absconder over her continuous absence in case hearings.

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