LHC sets aside order against Nusrat Shehbaz

NAB Special Prosecutor said the bureau had no objection if its three conditions were accepted

LAHORE:

Lahore High Court’s division bench headed by Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar on Tuesday set aside a trial court order against former chief minister Shehbaz Sharif's wife Nusrat Shehbaz after her counsel accepted three conditions set by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The petitioner had challenged an accountability court's order of dismissing her application seeking exemption from appearance in the proceedings, issuing her arrest warrants and starting the process to declare her proclaimed offender.

As the proceedings commenced, NAB Special Prosecutor Syed Faisal Raza Bukhari said the bureau had no objection if its three conditions were accepted.

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“The pleader will ensure his presence in all proceedings of the court, Nusrat Shehbaz will be informed about each hearing by the pleader and she will join the proceedings after her health improves,” were the conditions elaborated by the counsel.

If the conditions were accepted, NAB would have no objection if the petition was admitted, the prosecutor stated.

The petitioner's counsel informed the court that they had no objection to the conditions.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2021.