ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday granted bail to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in Toshakhana case.
Accountability court judge Muhammad Arshad ordered PML-N leader to submit surety bonds of one million rupees and adjourned hearing of the case till November 20. Earlier PML-N supremo surrendered himself to the court.
Upon arriving on the court premises, rose petals were showered on his vehicle. Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and Khawaja Asif are also accompanying the PML-N supremo. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry will be the guarantor of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif.
The three-time premier is attending the accountability court after four years. Earlier, the accountability court in Islamabad had given PML-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif time till 1:30 pm to attend hearing in connection with Toshakhana case.
Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir is conducting hearing of the case. As the hearing started, counsel for Nawaz Sharif appeared in the court and requested for some time so that his client could attend hearing.
Jude Muhammad Bashir granted Sharif time till 1:30 pm to appear before court. In the previous hearing, the accountability court had suspended perpetual arrest warrants for elder Sharif until October 24. Also Read: IHC to hear Nawaz Sharif petitions to revive appeals against his conviction today
Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday will take up Nawaz Sharif petitions seeking revival of his appeals in Avenfield and Al-Azazia references, Dunya News reported. The Islamabad High Court has formed a division bench to hear petitions of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif. The two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will hear the pleas.
Amjad Pervaiz Advocate, counsel for the former prime minister, filed the applications urging the IHC to restore his client’s appeals in the Avenfield property and Al-Azizia Steel Mills references, and give its decisions after hearing arguments on merit.
