ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned appeals of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking cancellation of the bails of Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and Fawad Hassan Fawad.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and comprising Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, adjourned the hearing at a request by NAB deputy prosecutor general Imranul Haq.
He requested the bench to adjourn the hearing as he had to visit a doctor. Granting his request, the court adjourned the case until next week.
The anti-corruption watchdog had approached the apex court challenging the bail granted to Shehbaz in the Ashiana housing society scam and Ramzan Sugar Mills’ cases, while Fawad Hassan Fawad’s bail in the Ashiana housing society scam.
The NAB petitions stated that the Lahore High Court (LHC) has not reviewed the facts and regulations in the Ashiana Iqbal housing scam case into right aspects.
The top court had already defined standard for the provision of bail in NAB cases, adding that the high court’s verdict went contrary with the outlined standards set up by the judiciary.
Shehbaz Sharif and Fawad Hassan Fawad are key accused in the case. Bails to the persons must be suspended after nullifying the LHC’s verdict, the petition pleaded to the court.
On February 14, the Lahore High Court had approved the bail plea of Shehbaz Sharif, ordering his release.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Malik Shahzad and Justice Mirza Waqas had given the verdict while hearing the bail petitions.
On February 21, the high court had released a 22-page detailed verdict in the Ashiana Housing scandal and a 20-page decision on the Ramzan Sugar Mills case.
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