ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Aleem Khan should be granted bail if those who looted billions and caused losses to the national exchequer can have their bails approved easily. The information minister tweeted, “Aleem Khan’s case is less serious. Chaudhry’s tweet comes days after the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi’s life sentence in ephedrine quota case and ordered his release. On June 22, 2018, a special anti-narcotics court had sentenced Abbasi to life in the ephedrine quota case. On February 6, the National Accountability Bureau arrested former provincial minister Aleem Khan from an accountability court for allegedly owning assets beyond his known sources of income.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2019 06:45 UTC