LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday has extended interim bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif till August 17 in money laundering and assets beyond income cases.
During the hearing, the court has excused itself from hearing the case and referred it to other bench.
On the occasion, strict security arrangements have been taken to avoid any untoward situation.
Earlier on July 16, LHC had extended interim bail of Shehbaz Sharif till July 23 in the same cases.
On June 1, Shehbaz Sharif had filed a bail plea in LHC to avoid arrest in assets beyond means and money laundering cases.
The opposition leader, in his plea, took the stance that NAB might arrest him in a pending inquiry. The anti-corruption watchdog had prepared the case with malicious intentions as he has been declaring his assets regularly, Shehbaz stated.
The petition, which was filed through Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, stated that Shehbaz Sharif started his business in 1972 and played an important role in agriculture, sugar and textile industries and joined politics in 1988 for the betterment of the society.
Plea further added that NAB had launched an inquiry, under political influence of the current government, with allegations of general nature.
