The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed Dec 8 (tomorrow) as the date forhearing the petition of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shehbaz.
Suleman Shehbaz on Wednesday filed an application for a protective bail ashe has decided to return to Pakistan for facing his cases.
The IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan willhold the hearing of the petition.
Salman Shehbaz, who was declared absconder in a money laundering case andstaying in London, contended to IHC through his lawyer Amjad Parvez that hewanted to return home to face the cases against him and grant himprotective bail for two weeks for appearing in court.
It is feared that he will be arrested on arrival in Islamabad, thepetitioner added.
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A court had declared Salman Shehbaz and Tahir Naqvi absconders in July thisyear in a money laundering case against them.
Pertinent to note that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had wrote aletter to the UK government to hand over Salman, who was wanted by theaccountability watchdog under money laundering charges and TelegraphicTransfer scandal.
An accountability court in 2019 had also issued non-bailable warrants forthe arrest of Salman in a money laundering case. He went abroad in 2018.
