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Ailing Sharif gets bail in Al-Azizia corruption case

ISLAMABAD:A top Pakistani court on Saturday granted bail on medical and humanitarian grounds to jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia steel mills corruption case, a day after he suffered a minor heart attack while undergoing treatment at a Lahore hospital.

Islamabad, October 26

A top Pakistani court on Saturday granted bail on medical and humanitarian grounds to jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia steel mills corruption case, a day after he suffered a minor heart attack while undergoing treatment at a Lahore hospital.

The 69-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo was rushed to the Services Hospital in Lahore from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office late on Monday night after a massive drop in his platelet count.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday evening granted the bail to Sharif till Tuesday on medical and humanitarian grounds after Sharif’s younger brother Shehbaz Sharif approached the court in the morning with an application seeking the release of his elder brother and the three-time prime minister in the Al-Azizia steel mills case.

The court was informed that Sharif suffered a minor heart attack on Friday and should be released without any delay. The court on Friday heard Sharif’s case, but adjourned the hearing of his bail plea in the Al-Azizia case. — PTI

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