Sharif family denies man offloaded at Lahore airport was Ramzan Sugar Mills manager

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LAHORE: A spokesperson of the Sharif family on Monday denied reports that a man offloaded from a Dubai-bound flight earlier today and handed over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was a manager of the Ramzan Sugar Mills.

Sources in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said Muhammad Mushtaq, who was set to depart for Dubai from Lahore via a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, was offloaded as his name is on the Exit Control List (ECL). His name was placed on the ECL on NAB’s request, the sources further said.

Mushtaq is accused of making a Rs70 million transaction in Salman Shehbaz’s bank account, sources added.

However, the Sharif family spokesperson said, "Muhammad Mushtaq was never a manager of any of the family’s sugar mills. Mushtaq was never even an employee of the Sharif family.”

"Sharif family’s media trial is an ill-intentioned and regrettable step. The purpose of issuing such one-sided statements without any investigation is character assassination,” the spokesperson added.

NAB has been probing Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case. According to NAB, Shahbaz Sharif, being chief minister of Punjab, had issued a directive for the construction of a drain in Chiniot district primarily to benefit the sugar mills owned by his sons — Hamza and Salman.