Lahore court grants interim bail to PM's daughter, son-in-law till May 7 in corruption case

Rabia Imran and Imran Yousaf appear before the court and mark their attendance

LAHORE:

The special central court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter, Rabia Imran and son-in-law Imran Yousaf in a reference related to alleged corruption in the Punjab Power Development Company (PPDC).

Judge Ashfaq Ahmed heard the interim bail applications and restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from arresting them till May 7. Rabia Imran and Imran Yousaf appeared before the court and marked their attendance.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a reference against the accused over alleged corruption in the Punjab Power Development Company. The prime minister’s son-in-law and daughter were declared proclaimed offenders in the reference.

Following amendments to the NAB laws, the reference was transferred to the FIA court. In the same reference, former chief financial officer of the Punjab Power Company, Ikram Naveed, had entered into a plea bargain.

Read: Shehbaz Sharif’s son-in-law declared proclaimed offender

On August 07, 2018, A national accountability court declared the son-in-law of PM Shehbaz a proclaimed offender. The order was issued by an accountability court Judge, Syed Najamul-Hassan Bukhari.

The order read that the investigation officer had filed an application for the issuance of a proclamation of the accused after failing to arrest him on arrest warrants issued by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman.

Yousaf had allegedly received Rs12 million in a bribe from the former PPDC CEO. He is also accused of getting Naveed appointed as the PPDC CEO.