ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court has turned down former prime minister NawazSharif’s request seeking an extension in his six-week bail in the Al-AziziaSteel Mills case on Friday.
The court also declined a plea seeking permission for Sharif’s treatment inthe United Kingdom.
The court claimed that Nawaz was given six weeks for medical treatment, butit is as if he had spent the entire time in tests alone.
Nawaz Sharif’s counsel, Khawaja Haris Ahmed, said that, according to thewritten order of the court, his client cannot apply for bail beforesurrendering himself to the authorities.
He further reminded that this aspect of the written order had somecontradictions with the verbal ones issued in the case.
Justice Sajjad Ali Shah said that anything said by judges before signingtheir verdict is called an observation, and not a ruling.
The counsel then asked the court to extend his client’s bail for eight moreweeks. He argued that the health condition of his client was deteriorating.He said the medical reports of Nawaz suggested an angiography.