Lahore’s Special Judge Central Court on Monday rejected the FederalInvestigation Agency’s (FIA) petition, seeking cancellation of the bailgranted to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif ina money laundering case, and summoned him for indictment on April 11, 2022.
Earlier on the day, the court had reserved the verdict in the case as wellas on determining the court’s jurisdiction.
The court also accepted the defendant’s application for exemption fromappearance in court today because of his engagements in Islamabad.
During the hearing, the prosecution prayed to the court to cancel theextension in bail granted to the PML-N president on March 25, 2022, arguingthat legal requirements were not met while doing so.
Amjad Pervez, Shehbaz’s counsel, on the other hand, gave references todifferent court verdicts to support his contention that the court couldgrant an extension to his client.
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Calling the FIA’s bail cancellation application unjustified, AdvocatePervez prayed to the court to reject it.
He went on to say that if the Agency had objections to the bail extension,it should have approached the Lahore High Court for that.
Shehbaz’s counsel further said that such extensions had been granted in thepast as well, and there was nothing new in it.
