LHC To Hear Bail Petition Of Shehbaz Sharif In Money Laundering Case Today

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LHC to hear bail petition of Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case today

PML-N President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif will personally appear before the Lahore High Court to attend the proceedings of his bail petition in assets beyond means and money laundering case.

LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-July 23rd, 2020) The Lahore High Court (LHC) will take up today the bail plea of Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif in assets beyond means and money laundering case.

A LHC division led by Justice Abid Masood Naqvi and also comprising Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem, will hear the petition of PML-N President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif seeking bail in the assets beyond means and money laundering case.

Shahbaz Sharif personally will appear before the court today.

On previous hearing, the court extended the interim bail of PML-N president till July 23.

Shahbaz Sharif appeared before the court while his two senior lawyers could not as they were in Islamabad. The PML-N president requested the court to extend his bail.

In the court, Shahbaz Sharif said that despite the instructions of the doctors, he came to respect the court. The court granted bail to Shahbaz Sharif due to unavailability of his lawyers.

Earlier, a LHC Division seized with the hearing of bail plea of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif dissolved on July 11. On which, LHC Chief Justice formed a new bench led by Justice Abid Masood Naqvi and comprising Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem, who was the part of previous bench.

On June 1, Shehbaz Sharif approached LHC to avoid arrest by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in assets beyond means and money laundering case.

In his plea, Shehbaz Sharif took the stance that NAB might arrest him in a pending inquiry. NAB made the case with malicious intentions as he has been declaring his assets regularly, Shehbaz added.

Chairman NAB and others were made parties in the petition.

The petition, which was filed through Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, said that Shehbaz Sharif started his business in 1972 and played an important role in agriculture, sugar and textile industries and joined politics in 1988 for the betterment of the society.

The bail plea further stated that NAB launched inquiry with allegations of general nature, under political influence of the current government.

“I was arrested in the same case in 2018 and fully cooperated with NAB”, said Shehbaz Sharif in his plea. He asked the court to restrain the anti-graft body from arresting him by pleading that the NAB was unable to prove any evidence against him when he was arrested earlier.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.