ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to reject his bail in the Al-Azizia case. On Monday, IHC had rejected Nawaz’s bail petition seeking suspension of the sentence handed to him in the Al-Azizia case verdict on medical grounds. The court maintained that all medical facilities are available to Nawaz, and hence, his demand for bail is not justified. It may be mentioned that an accountability court of Islamabad had on December 24, 2018, convicted Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment and a hefty fine.

Source: Pakistan Today March 01, 2019 07:07 UTC