IHC grant 8 weeks bail to Nawaz Sharif on health grounds

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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif speaks during a UK PMLN Party Workers Convention meeting with supporters in London on July 11, 2018. Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption court in Islamabad Friday, lawyers said, dealing a serious blow to his party's troubled campaign ahead of July 25 elections. / AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN

In a recent development, Islamabad High court granted bail to Nawaz Sharif for 8 weeks on health ground.

Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced the verdict on the petition submitted by the former premier Nawaz Sharif seeking bail on medical grounds in Al-Azizia reference case.

The Court after hearing arguments of Nab and Nawaz Sharif’s Advocate Khawaja Haris, temporarily suspended the imprisonment of Sharif in the case for eight weeks and granted bail. Court asked Nawaz Sharif’s counsel to submit two surety bonds worth Rs2 million each.