ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday hearing bail extension plea of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, ARY News reported.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa hearing the case. The bench also includes Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Yahya Afridi.
Sharif’s counsel Khawaja Haris in his argument before the bench said, the SC had said in its verbal judgment that, the High Court can be contacted for an extension in the bail, whereas no such thing was in the written judgment of the plea.”
To this, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa, the court gave observation not the judgment in verbal. “We cannot predict about the future.”
“Your client has many options”, the CJP remarked.
Nawaz Sharif is currently on six-week bail on medical grounds. His bail will expire on May 7.
“Interim bail should be extended until judgment in the review petition”, Sharif stated in his plea.
The PML-N supremo has further said in his plea that he hoped that review petition will be maintained by the top court regarding March 26 verdict.
The Supreme Court had granted Sharif bail for six weeks on medical grounds on March 26 against surety bonds amounting to Rs5 million each.
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Last week, Nawaz Sharif had filed a 33-page review petition in the Supreme Court (SC), seeking permission for his treatment abroad.
The petition had stated that the apex court had approved conditional bail to Sharif for six weeks on March 26 on medical grounds, which restricted him to leave the country.
The apex court was pleaded to review the decision regarding the limitation of medical treatment to Sharif inside Pakistan. Sharif’s treatment was only possible through the doctor who previously treated him in United Kingdom (UK), it added.
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