ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday approved for hearing the appeals of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking the cancellation of bails granted to Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and former principal secretary to prime minister, Fawad Hassan Fawad. The anti-corruption watchdog moved the SC challenging the bails granted to Shehbaz Sharif in the Ashiana Housing Society scam and Ramzan Sugar Mills’ cases, while Fawad Hassan Fawad’s bail in Ashiana housing society scam. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Azmat Saeed will hear the the appeals of the NAB. Shehbaz Sharif and Fawad Hassan Fawad are key accused in the case. On February 14, the Lahore High Court had approved the bail plea of Shehbaz Sharif, ordering his release.

Source: Pakistan Today April 06, 2019 15:11 UTC