Times of Islamabad

PML N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif faces another blow from the NAB

PML N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif faces another blow from the NAB

ISLAMABAD: PML N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif faces another blow from theNational Accountability Bureau.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a petition in theSupreme Court challenging the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) judgment to grantbail to Maryam Nawaz, on Friday.

According to reports, NAB in its petition said that the LHC did not look atthe records in the “correct manner”. It added that due to LHC’s decision,the prosecution’s case was also affected.

NAB appealed to the court to cancel Maryam’s plea and declare the order asnull and void.

LHC had granted bail to the PML-N leader in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills caseon November 4.

A divisional bench headed by LHC’s Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had reservedthe verdict on October 31.

In its verdict, the court had asked Maryam to submit her passport with thecourt and submit two surety bonds of Rs100 million each. The court had alsodirected the PML-N leader to deposit Rs70 million separately with thecourt.