ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a notice to National Accountability Bureau [NAB] while hearing a petition filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against Islamabad High Court’s verdict rejecting his bail plea in Al-Azizia reference.
As per details, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Yahya Afridi heard on bail petition of Nawaz Sharif.
As hearing commenced, Nawaz’s counsel Khawaja Haris presented five of Nawaz’s medical reports before the court including Institute of Cardiology’s report of January 2019.
To this, the chief justice remarked that the reports from London were not provided to the doctors in Pakistan and that the court would examine the medical reports of tests conducted at PIMS in Islamabad.
Later, the Supreme court adjourned the hearing till March 26.
It is pertinent to mention that earlier on February 25, IHC had dismissed Nawaz’s petition seeking bail and suspension of his seven-year sentence in the Al-Azizia reference on medical grounds.
