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LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has expressed concern over a judge’s dissenting note four days after party president Shahbaz Sharif’s bail was announced.
The bail was granted on Wednesday, but Sharif remained in prison. The Lahore High Court’s two-judge bench had a split decision regarding Shahbaz’s bail in the money laundering and assets-beyond-means reference, according to Geo News. Justice Sarfraz Dogar accepted the bail petition, while Justice Asjad Javed Gharal rejected it. The case will now go to a referee judge, who will be appointed by the LHC chief justice.
On Sunday, there was a back and forth between the PML-N and the government. In a statement issued by PML-N spokeswoman Marriyum Aurangzeb, she said the party expressed concern over the dissenting note issued four days after the bail was announced, adding this was “the first time in the history of the court, bail was granted but no written order was signed”. She hoped justice would be delivered by the court.