ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday fixed for hearing two petitions filed by the National Accountability Court seeking cancellation of bails of PML-N leaders – Maryam Nawaz and Rana Sanaullah in corruption cases.
A division bench to be headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial will hear the cases on August 22 and August 23.
Justice Athar Minallah will also be part of the division bench.
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the NAB prosecutor general and other respondents in the petitions.
The SC will hear PML-N senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s case on August 22.
The anti-graft watchdog challenged the PML-N vice president’s bail in the apex court in the Shamim Sugar Mills corruption case.
The SC fixed former interior minister Rana Sanullah’s case on August 23.
The NAB filed a plea in the Supreme Court against his bail in the assets beyond means case.
Plea seeking volume 10 of JIT report for hearing
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Friday fixed a plea for hearing seeking to issue classified part – volume 10 – of the report compiled by a six-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) constituted by the Supreme Court (SC) to investigate the Sharif family’s offshore assets as revealed by Panama Papers.
A two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial will hear the petition submitted by the Broadsheet Company on August 22.
In the plea, the company stated that it had aided the National Accountability Beauru in locating the overseas properties of the Sharif family. However, NAB did not fulfill the payment for this property search, it added.
Broadsheet appealed to the apex court to release Volume 10, saying the purpose was to present Volume 10 as evidence in a British court.
It is pertinent to mention that Broadsheet had taken legal action against NAB in a UK court to retrieve the outstanding dues.
