The bench had granted post-arrest bail to Mr Sharif on Feb 14 last through a short order. The detailed verdict observes that there was no mentioning in the record that the former chief minister was a signatory to the mutual agreement signed by Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) then chief executive officer Shahid Latif and contractor Chaudhry Amir Latif. public private partnership and no objection has so far been raised in this respect by the NAB,” wonders the bench. Through the same order the bench had also granted post-arrest bail to Fawad Hassan Fawad, former secretary implementation to chief minister, in the Ashiana housing scheme. The NAB had alleged that Shehbaz being chief minister had issued a directive for the construction of a drain in Chiniot district primarily for the use of Ramzan Sugar Mills owned by his sons.

Source: Pakistan Today February 23, 2019 15:45 UTC