LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of theOpposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif was released from thejail on Friday.

Shehbaz Sharif’s lawyer Azam Nazeer Tarar deposited surety bonds in theaccountability court after the Lahore High Court (LHC) issued the formerPunjab chief minister’s bail order.

After reviewing the bonds deposited by Sharif, the LHC issued his releaseorders after which the PML-N president was allowed to leave prison. A smallnumber of workers had gathered outside the prison to welcome the PML-Npresident.

NAB had arrested Shehbaz Sharif in September 2020 after a bail plea he hadfiled was turned down and the interim bail was cancelled by the LHC.

The arrest was made in a money-laundering and assets beyond means casefiled by NAB earlier.