LHC constitutes new bench to hear Maryam Nawaz's plea
Bench will hear the petition by February 10
Lahore High Court. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday constituted a new bench to hear a petition by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz seeking one-time permission to go abroad.
The PML-N vice president wishes to visit her ailing father, party supremo Nawaz Sharif, in London.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi was hearing the petition earlier.
The new division bench, constituted by LHC Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh, will be presided by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi who had earlier heard this case. The second member of this bench will be Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh.
Nawaz ‘delays his discharge from hospital’ until 'Maryam's release’
The newly constituted bench will hear Maryam's petition by February 10.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had earlier been a part of the bench which was hearing Maryam’s petition requesting to remove her name from the Exit Control List (ECL), but the bench was also dissolved.
No substantial development occurred in the proceedings when the new bench, headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi, was formed.
Maryam was arrested by NAB on August 8, 2019, in a case regarding suspect business transactions at the Chaudhry Sugar Mills where she is a major shareholder.
On November 4, she was granted bail by the LHC which ordered her to furnish two surety bonds worth Rs20 million, and deposit an additional Rs70million and surrender her passport to secure her release.
Punjab govt still awaits Nawaz’s medical report
In her petition, Maryam said that her father’s health was critical and she was under unexplainable stress because of her inability to be with him at a time when he needs extra care. She said her father is dependent on her.
She also mentioned the death of her mother, Kulsoom Nawaz, who passed away in London last year, while she accompanied her father who returned to Pakistan to serve a sentence, awarded by an accountability court in a NAB reference.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday constituted a new bench to hear a petition by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz seeking one-time permission to go abroad.
The PML-N vice president wishes to visit her ailing father, party supremo Nawaz Sharif, in London.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi was hearing the petition earlier.
The new division bench, constituted by LHC Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh, will be presided by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi who had earlier heard this case. The second member of this bench will be Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh.
Nawaz ‘delays his discharge from hospital’ until 'Maryam's release’
The newly constituted bench will hear Maryam's petition by February 10.
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had earlier been a part of the bench which was hearing Maryam’s petition requesting to remove her name from the Exit Control List (ECL), but the bench was also dissolved.
No substantial development occurred in the proceedings when the new bench, headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi, was formed.
Maryam was arrested by NAB on August 8, 2019, in a case regarding suspect business transactions at the Chaudhry Sugar Mills where she is a major shareholder.
On November 4, she was granted bail by the LHC which ordered her to furnish two surety bonds worth Rs20 million, and deposit an additional Rs70million and surrender her passport to secure her release.
Punjab govt still awaits Nawaz’s medical report
In her petition, Maryam said that her father’s health was critical and she was under unexplainable stress because of her inability to be with him at a time when he needs extra care. She said her father is dependent on her.
She also mentioned the death of her mother, Kulsoom Nawaz, who passed away in London last year, while she accompanied her father who returned to Pakistan to serve a sentence, awarded by an accountability court in a NAB reference.