Nawaz Sharif granted interim bail on medical grounds in Al-Azizia reference

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday has approved the interim bail of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif until Tuesday in the Al-Azizia reference.

The court accepted the bail plea until Tuesday against two bail bonds worth Rs2 million.

A two-member divisional bench comprising of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard the petition. The court had excluded Justice Aamir Farooq, for being on holiday.

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Additional Prosecutor General of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), during the hearing, said that the authority has no objection to the bail of Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds.

During the hearing, the IHC chief justice said that if the government opposes the bail plea then the court will dismiss the petition for Nawaz’s bail. “During this period, if anything happens to Nawaz Sharif then the government and the NAB will be responsible,” remarked the court’s top judge.

Adding further, he said that ministers have been trying to place the entire matter on the court’s jurisdiction, which is why ‘a yes or no’ answer is needed.

To which, the AAG NAB responded that the federal government has nothing to do with this entire matter and they ‘cannot take any responsibility’.

The court today began its hearing on PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s plea for the bail of the former prime minister.