LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday granted bail to PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif in assets beyond means case.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, Justice Aalia Neelum, and Justice Shahbaz Rizvi announced the judgment unanimously.
Earlier on April 14, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders were waiting for the release of the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly after the court staff announced bail but Shehbaz could not be released due to the delay in the written order.
Later, Justice Asjad Javed Ghural wrote a dissenting note in the written verdict while Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar approved the bail. Justice Ghural also accused his fellow colleague of issuing a short order ‘unilaterally’.
Afterward, the LHC Chief Justice had formed a new bench to hear the bail petition of Shehbaz Sharif.
Meanwhile, National Accountability Bureau has accused Shehbaz of money laundering money and owning more assets than his known sources of income
The evidence collected revealed that Shehbaz and his sons Hamza Shahbaz and Suleman Shahbaz and wife Nusrat Shahbaz had net assets of Rs14.8 million in 1998, according to the accountability bureau.
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