*ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) to cancel the bail granted to Captain (retd)Safdar, son-in-law of former premier Nawaz Sharif, in the Avenfield case. *
Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, a bench of the apexcourt rejected the appeal against a verdict of the Islamabad High Court(IHC) that rejected the bureau’s request to cancel the post-arrest bailgranted to Capt Safdar.
On September 26, the accountability court had issued bailable warrants forthe arrest of the former premier’s son-in-law after his failure to appearbefore it. Later, the court issued non-bailable warrants on Oct 2.
He was arrested on Oct 8 after his arrival from London at the BenazirBhutto International Airport. When he was produced before the trial court aday later, it granted him post-arrest bail against a surety of Rs fivemillion.