The Accountability Court on Tuesday extended the remand of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif by 14 days in the Ashiana Housing Scheme case.

Prior to this, the Court reserved its decision on the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) request for a 14-day extension in the PML-N president's remand.

Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau presented former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif before the Accountability Court on Tuesday, after his 10-day remand in the Ashiana Housing Scheme case ended. 

Strict security arrangements ensured on the routes leading to the court's premises with blockades installed in several places. 

Citizens commuting to office and schools are facing severe inconvenience. 

Prior to this, on October 6, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case and presented him before the Accountability Court. 

The NAB team had then been granted a 10-day physical remand of the former Punjab CM.

Shehbaz Sharif was brought in a regular vehicle, the windows of which were tinted. 

Meanwhile, Marriyum Aurangzeb spoke to media outside the Accountability Court, she said, Shehbaz had worked day and night for the development of Punjab. 

She remarked, "The number of security personnel deployed here [outside the court] is indicative of their fear."

According to the NAB, Shehbaz cancelled the contract awarded to M/s Ch A Latif & Sons for infrastructure development of Ashiana Iqbal Housing Project and awarded it to CASA Developers. 

The NAB prosecutor had argued, "The former Punjab chief minister misused his powers and his actions caused a huge loss to the national exchequer."

Whereas, on the other hand, Shehbaz denied the allegations as "false and baseless". He said in the court [during previous hearing] that the case against him "was made on political basis".