LAHORE: In an anticipated decision, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has formally announced approaching the Supreme Court against the post-arrest bail granted to Leader to Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif in a money laundering reference by the Lahore High Court, which also finds the investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog unsatisfactory.
There has been a discreet criticism by the government on the bail granted to Shehbaz and it failed to hide its desperation when the court later allowed him to visit abroad with federal ministers openly questioning the decision.
However, Shehbaz could not fly to the United Kingdom as the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration officials told him at the Lahore airport that his name was on another stop list – Provisional National Identification List (PNIL). The court allowed him to go abroad for medical treatment from May 8 to July 3.