What Hudaibiya case is and how it started
Now when the Supreme Court is going to take up NAB’s appeal for reopening Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, many still have no fair idea of its origin, scale and implications.
It’s about alleged fraud of over 1,242 million—an amount that makes it bigger in scale than Panama Papers case.
The case started in March 2000 when the NAB authorities moved a reference against Hudaibiya Papers Mills.
Besides his other relatives and associates, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his two children – Maryam and Hussain – are among the accused.
In contrast with Panama case, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his political heir-apparent Hamza Shehbaz is also accused in this case – something that gives a new dimension to the ongoing process of accountability of the ruling family, making it even wider and more troubling for the Sharifs.