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Why Lahore High Court granted bail to former PM Nawaz Sharif?

Why Lahore High Court granted bail to former PM Nawaz Sharif?

ISLAMABAD – The Lahore High Court today granted bail to PML-N Quaid NawazSharif on medical grounds in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

A two-member bench, headed by Justice Baqar Najafi, heard the petition andannounced the judgment.

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif had filed the bail application for releaseof Nawaz Sharif from the custody of National Accountability Bureau.

Meanwhile, Islamabad High Court today sought detailed medical report offormer Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif till next Tuesday on a plea, seekingsuspension of his imprisonment sentence on medical grounds in Al-AziziaSteel Mills reference.

The doctors informed the bench that a five-day cycle of treatment of NawazSharif would be concluded on coming Monday and after this a detailedmedical report could be prepared.

A Division Bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin AkhterKiyani, conducted the hearing on petition filed by PML-N President ShehbazSharif, seeking suspension of imprisonment sentence of Nawaz Sharif.

Nawaz Sharif also moved a petition to become party in this case followingthe directives of the bench.