ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday will hear a bailpetition filed by former premier Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia referencecase on the basis of medical grounds.
The two-member bench will resume the hearing while assessing medicalreports of the former premier.
In this regard, the court has also sought responses from the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) and the Punjab government regarding submissionof all medical reports of Sharif to the court.
The petition had sought bail and suspension of Sharif’s sentence with areasoning that he has been suffering from heart and kidney problems alongwith hypertension.
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From the two petitions filed by Sharif, the court had asked his lawyer towithdraw one of the petitions as only one could be maintained forsuspension of sentence and bail.
Thereby, bail plea on medical grounds has been maintained.
