ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its decision on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s petition seeking the dismissal of bail granted to MNA Capt (r) Safdar in a corruption case. Safdar is the son-in-law of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and faces a corruption reference in the accountability court alongside Nawaz. The NAB prosecutor presented arguments favouring the cancellation of Safdar’s bail. The IHC had summoned Safdar pertaining to a petition filed by NAB seeking cancellation of bail granted to him. The bail had been granted to the accused by an accountability court hearing graft references against the Sharif family.

Source: Pakistan Today December 14, 2017 10:52 UTC