ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up today (Tuesday) a petition filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif challenging the Islamabad High Court’s verdict dismissing his bail application in Al-Azizia corruption reference.
The three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, will hear the petition against the verdict of the high court.
A bench of the IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin AKhtar Kayani on February 25 dismissed Sharif’s petition seeking bail and suspension of his seven-year imprisonment on medical grounds.
“Nawaz Sharif is not suffering from any disease which cannot be treated in Pakistan,” the bench had observed.
The three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, will hear the petition against the verdict of the high court.
A bench of the IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin AKhtar Kayani on February 25 dismissed Sharif’s petition seeking bail and suspension of his seven-year imprisonment on medical grounds.
“Nawaz Sharif is not suffering from any disease which cannot be treated in Pakistan,” the bench had observed.
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