LHC defers hearing of Maryam Nawaz’s bail petition
LAHORE: The hearing of a bail petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has been postponed by the Lahore High Court (LHC) due to absence of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
The high court deferred the hearing of the bail petition submitted by the daughter of former premier, Maryam Nawaz, following the absence of NAB prosecutor Jahanzeb Bharwana.
An official of the anti-corruption watchdog told the court that Bharwana is unable to appear in the hearing as he is currently present in Islamabad.
Later, the court adjourned the hearing until Wednesday (tomorrow).
Earlier on Monday, The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had submitted its reply over the bail petition of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz in Lahore High Court (LHC).
A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) hearing the bail petition of Maryam, who has been in jail in Chaudhry Sugar Mills accountability reference.
Read: Maryam Nawaz files bail petition in Lahore High Court
Defence counsel in the hearing said that Maryam Nawaz was in jail on judicial remand after completion of her physical remand. The NAB has completed its questioning over the case, the counsel further said.
The bench said that the court will further proceed over the matter after reading the reply submitted by the NAB.
The bench adjourned the hearing till Tuesday.
Maryam Nawaz in her petition had requested to the high court for her release on bail referring serious illness of her father and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The bench in the initial hearing of the petition had issued a notice to the NAB for its reply.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Lahore High Court and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) have granted bail to Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds in Chaudhry Sugar Mills and Al-Azizia cases.
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