LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday approved Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s bail petitions in AshianaIqbal Housing Scheme and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases and ordered his release.
NAB had arrested Shehbaz on October 5, 2018 in connection to the AshianaIqbal Housing Scheme case.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmad heard Shehbazand former principal secretary to then prime minister Nawaz Sharif FawadHasan Fawad’s bail petitions.
The bench first reserved its decision but later ordered the release of theleader of the opposition in the National Assembly.
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Further, the bench approved Fawad’s bail petition in the Ashiana IqbalHousing Scheme case but rejected it in the case pertaining to owing assetsbeyond known sources of income.
