Shehbaz plans to visit different districts after Eid: Muqam
Muqam maintained that Shehbaz had been overly concerned about the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
LAHORE:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, subject to coronavirus situation, plans to visit different districts to meet local party leadership and interact with people after Eidul Fitr, party’s provincial president Ameer Muqam said on Wednesday.
Maqam, who met Shehbaz on Tuesday, said that the PML-N president congratulated him on party’s victory in Nowshera election.
He said it was a routine meeting where they discussed the overall political and economic situation of the country and also deliberated on the PML-N’s position in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Shehbaz rejects voting machine proposal
PPP’s Murtaza Wahab says his party is open to discussion on electoral reforms
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
LAHORE:
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday rejected the government’s proposal to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in next elections, saying “such decisions cannot be made by one individual” while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said it was open to discussion on electoral reforms.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan, while referring to the claims of rigging in NA-249, Karachi by-polls and Senate elections, reiterated that the EVMs were the only answer to reclaim the credibility of elections in the country, and invited the opposition to sit with the government and “select an EVM model we have available”. The premier, in a series of tweets, said despite low turnout in the by-polls, all parties were “crying foul and claiming rigging” and added the
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.
The relatives were also the shareholders of said companies, NAB’s prosecutor informed the court. Were these companies established in 2005?
To this, NAB replied that at different points of time after 2005, these companies were established. The prosecutor further added that eight major companies had also been established between 2008 and 2018. The assets of Rs299 million and 26 TTs had been transferred in Nusrat Shehbaz.
At this, Shehbaz s counsel Amjad Pervez argued that this case was a hearing related to Shehbaz Sharif.
Salman Shehbaz received TTs valuing Rs1 billion and Rs60 million, the NAB argued further.
Justice Najafi asked that what was the age of Salman Shehbaz when he received his first TT? The NAB’s prosecutor replied that he was 23 years old at the time.
Shehbaz s counsels complete arguments on post-arrest bail
Counsels cite judgments wherein accused was granted relief in case of judges giving split decisions
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
LAHORE:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s counsels completed their arguments on his post-arrest bail order on Wednesday.
The counsels cited judgments wherein accused were granted relief in case of judges giving split decisions.
A three member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi directed the NAB’s special prosecutor Syed Faisal Raza Bukhari to begin his arguments on April 22 (tomorrow). Justice Aalia Neelum and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi were other members of the bench hearing the case.