LHC bench excuses to hear Maryam Nawaz’s case of travelling permission for London

LHC bench excuses to hear Maryam Nawaz’s case of travelling permission for London

*LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawazhas filed a plea before the Lahore High Court (LHC) to get back herpassport for traveling to London to visit her ailing father Nawaz Sharifbesides also performing Umrah in Ramazan. *

In her plea, Maryam Nawaz said that she was arrested by NAB in 2019 inChaudhry Sugar Mills case and later the LHC approved her bail plea and inreturn she submitted her passport to the court.

The PML-N leader said that she wanted to travel to London to visit herailing father however she could not travel owing to absence of her passport.

The court should issue directives to return passport of the applicant andallow her to travel to London, the plea said, Maryam Nawaz further addedthat she also wanted to perform Umrah during the month of Ramazan.

The court has fixed hearing into the PML-N vice president’s plea today.

In a later development, the division bench of the LHC comprising JusticeShahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Anwar ul Haq rescued themselves from theproceedings of the case and asked the Chief Justice LHC to fix the hearingbefore the bench that previously heard the matter.