Mushtaq Chini granted bail

LHC directs Mushtaq Chini to submit surety bonds of Rs500,000 for availing bail

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Thursday granted bail to Muhammad Mushtaq alias Mushtaq Chini in the Salman-Shehbaz money laundering case.

The court directed Mushtaq Chini to submit surety bonds of Rs500,000 for availing bail. The bench, comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Sardar Ahmed Naeem, heard the post-arrest bail petition.

Advocate Asad Manzoor Butt, on behalf of Mushtaq Chini, argued that his client was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with the Salman-Shehbaz money laundering case.

However, he said that his client had become an approver in the case and had recorded his confessional statement under Section 26 of the National Accountability Ordinance before a judicial magistrate on June 17, 2019.

He submitted that his client extended complete cooperation during the investigation and had been sent to jail on judicial remand. The counsel contended that his client was not required for investigation by the bureau any longer. Therefore, he could be released from jail. He pleaded with the court to grant bail to his client adding that his client was ready to furnish any sort of surety for the purpose.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2019.