LAHORE (DNA) – The National Accountability Bureau has arrested Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president and former chief minister Shehbaz Sharif in Saaf Pani Company case on Friday.

The PML-N president was served summons recently and he appeared today to record his statement where he was taken into custody by the NAB officials.

His son Hamza Shehbaz, former provincial finance minister Ayesha Ghaus Pasha and former MPA Waheed Gul were also summoned by the anti-graft watchdog previously.

Director General of NAB Lahore in his briefing in June this year had stated that during Shehbaz’s tenure, the water plants costing 0.5 billion were reportedly installed at the additional cost of 1.5 billion. Four billion were given under the pretext of consultancy, he explained while adding that the company did new hiring on the orders of Shehbaz Sharif.

Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Saeed had earlier conceded before the Supreme Court that a single drop of water couldn’t be made available to the people of the province despite the government having spent Rs4 billion on the Saaf Pani Project.