Daily Times
April 21, 2021
A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday fixed the hearing of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s bail petition in the money laundering case.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi-headed bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear the bail petition of Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday (today) after the previous bench came up with a split decision on Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif’s release on bail. The other judges in the newly-formed bench will include Justice Aalia Neelum and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi.
Following the split decision on Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif’s release on bail, Lahore High Court (LHC) had formed a new bench to decide upon the matter. Chief Justice LHC Qasim Khan had formed a three-member full-court bench to hear the bail plea of Shehbaz Sharif. The judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) bench had come up with a split decision on Le
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Why has Shahbaz Sharif s release on bail been delayed?
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Friday Apr 16, 2021
In a strange turn of events, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has yet to be released by jail authorities on bail, despite having been cleared for bail by the court.
His release, it emerged on Friday, has been delayed owing to the absence of a signature by one of the judges of the two-member bench that heard the proceedings in relation to a case filed by the National Accountability Bureau in which Shahbaz Sharif has been accused of laundering money owning assets beyond known sources of income.
Why is Shahbaz Sharif in jail despite court orders for release on bail?
Pakistan
Fri, Apr 16, 2021
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has yet to be released by jail authorities on bail, despite court orders.
His release, it emerged on Friday, has been delayed owing to the absence of a signature by one of the judges of the two-member bench that heard the proceedings in relation to a case filed by the National Accountability Bureau in which Shahbaz Sharif has been accused of laundering money owning assets beyond known sources of income.
On April 13, the two-member bench had approved Shahbaz s release on bail, subject to his furnishing two bail bond sureties of Rs5 million each When the short order of the court was released on April 14, it bore the signature of one judge and not the other.