Shehbaz released from jail after nearly seven months
Surety bonds deposited earlier today, jail officials received release orders
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
LAHORE:
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif was released from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat prison after nearly seven months on Friday.
A referee bench of the Lahore High Court had granted post-arrest bail to the opposition leader in the National Assembly in the money laundering case on Thursday.
Shehbaz was released from jail after submitting two surety bonds worth Rs5 million each.
PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz, Rana Sanaullah, Khawaja Saad Rafique, other leaders as well as scores of workers were present outside the jail.