Watch: Shehbaz Sharif walks free from Kot Lakhpat Jail
LHC had approved his bail in the money laundering case SAMAA | Abbas Naqvi - Posted: Apr 23, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 hours ago SAMAA | Abbas Naqvi Posted: Apr 23, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
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PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif has been released from Kot Lakhpat Jail.
A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court unanimously approved on Thursday his bail in the money laundering case.
The court had ordered him to submit Rs5 million in surety bonds. On Friday, Muhammad Nawaz and Saiful Mulook Khokhar had submitted the money.
A Lahore High Court full bench on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif in a money laundering reference. AFP/File
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif in a money laundering reference by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The three-judge bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, gave a unanimous verdict. According to the short court order, a copy of which is available with
Dawn.com, the PML-N leader was required to furnish two bail bonds worth Rs5 million each.
Shehbaz s counsel Azam Nazeer Tarar said the surety would be submitted tomorrow as the court office hours had ended today. He said Shehbaz would be released from jail tomorrow (Friday).
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LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Monday constituted a three-member bench to decide a petition of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif for a post-arrest bail after a division bench gave a split decision on it.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi would head the three-member full bench with Justice Alia Neelum and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi.
The bench is set to resume its hearing on April 21. Previously, the judges of the division bench issued a split decision on the post-arrest bail petition of Shahbaz in a money-laundering reference, sending the matter to the chief justice for the nomination of a referee judge. Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar, who headed the bench, allowed the petition while its other member Justice Asjad Javed Ghural dismissed the same on merit.
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Monday constituted a full bench to decide afresh a post-arrest bail petition of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif after a division bench gave a split decision on it.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi would head the three-member full bench, with Justice Alia Neelum and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi as its members. The bench is set to resume hearing on April 21.
Previously, the two judges of the division bench issued a split decision on Shehbaz’s post-arrest bail petition in a money laundering reference, sending the matter to the chief justice for the nomination of a referee judge.