NAB pleads IHC to reject Nawaz Sharif’s bail plea

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has submitted its reply over bail plea filed by former  prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), ARY News reported on Tuesday.

A two member bench of the IHC including Justice Aamir Farooq and Mohsin Akhtar will take up the two bail pleas of erstwhile prime minister today, seeking bail on the medical grounds.

A 18-page response submitted by the accountability watchdog pleads the court to dispose-off Nawaz Sharif’s bail.

“The NAB opposes granting bail to PML-N supremo as two pleas were under hearing against him”, the answer read.

The NAB has requested the IHC to impose fine on Nawaz by disposing off his bail plea.

Earlier on February 9, the Islamabad High Court had issued a written order of the hearing of the bail plea filed by deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds.

The written order was signed by Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiani of the high court.

The court had allowed to make the report of the jail superintendent of Kot Lakhpat part of the record.

The order stated that a copy of Nawaz’s medical report had been provided to the deposed PM’s counsel and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

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“A representative of Kot Lakhpat Jail said various medical boards were constituted on the recommendation of the Home Department, Government of Punjab,” the order read.

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