Times of Islamabad

After former PM Nawaz Sharif bail, 10 thousands prisoners filed bail petitions in Lahore High Court on medical ground

After former PM Nawaz Sharif bail, 10 thousands prisoners filed bail petitions in Lahore High Court on medical ground

ISLAMABAD – After former PM Nawaz Sharif bail, 10 thousands prisoners filedbail petitions in Lahore High Court on medical ground.

A bail petition of ten thousands prisoners has been filed in the LahoreHigh Court (LHC) on medical grounds on Monday. LHC Justice Rasaal HasanSyed heard the bail petition of the prisoners. The plaintiff has taken thestance that the more than ten thousands prisoners are in jail across thecountry who suffering different types diseases.

The petitioner also stated that the prisoners have no facility for theirproper treatment in the jails. In the bail petition, it is requested thatthe other prisoners should be granted bails on medical ground same likeformer prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

On the other hand, another petition has been filed in the LHC to bar formerprime minister Nawaz Sharif from going abroad. The petitioner adopted astance that Nawaz Sharif was involved in money laundering and is facingmultiple cases.

Allowing Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad is discrimination against other illinmates, the petition said.

“Nawaz Sharif is going out of the country as he wants to transfer hisproperties, made through laundered money, to his children who are settledabroad. He caused irreparable damage to the national exchequer.