The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday that it did not require PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz\u2019s passport that she had surrendered to the court for getting bail in a case.<\/p>\n
The accountability watchdog had previously opposed the petition seeking the return of Maryam\u2019s passport, which she had surrendered to the court when post-arrest bail was granted to her in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.<\/p>\n
However, the bureau conveyed to the court today that it no longer needed the PML-N leader\u2019s passport. The anti-graft watchdog submitted the reply to a full bench, which was constituted earlier this month after several judges recused themselves from hearing Maryam\u2019s plea.<\/p>\n
The bench was headed by LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti and comprised Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh.<\/p>\n
The bench had sought the NAB\u2019s reply in the case at the last hearing after Maryam\u2019s counsel had contended that she had remained in the burea\u2019s custody for 48 days but the anti-graft watchdog had failed to complete the investigation or file a reference before the trial court despite.<\/p>\n
He had also argued that Maryam willingly returned to Pakistan from the United Kingdom to serve her sentence in other NAB cases and had asked the court to return her passport so she could visit her ailing father, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, in London.<\/p>\n
During today\u2019s hearing, Maryam\u2019s counsel, Advocate Amjad Pervez, failed to appear before the court, with LHC CJ Bhatti expressing anger over his absence.<\/p>\n
Advocate Pervez\u2019s subordinate lawyer informed the court that he was at another court. \u201cI have informed him. He will be arriving soon,\u201d the junior lawyer told the LHC bench.<\/p>\n
Irked by this, Justice Bhatti questioned whether Advocate Pervez did not know which court he was supposed to appear before first.<\/p>\n
The court then adjourned the hearing on Maryam\u2019s plea till October 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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