Times of Islamabad

Nawaz Sharif gets the blow

Nawaz Sharif gets the blow

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court today rejected Nawaz Sharif’s applicationseeking extension in his bail in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa heard thepetition in Islamabad.

Nawaz Sharif’s Counsel Khawaja Haris submitted his arguments for extensionin the bail, but he could not satisfy the court.

The Court ordered that Nawaz Sharif will surrender himself on expiry of hisbail on Tuesday and then can move the Islamabad High Court for bail.

The court also dismissed Nawaz Sharif’s review petition for permission togo abroad for medical treatment.

On March 26, the Supreme Court had suspended Sharif’s sentence and grantedhim bail for six weeks, but with a condition that he will not leavePakistan during that period.