LHC grants bail to Maryam Nawaz in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

LHC grants bail to Maryam Nawaz in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

Lahore (Staff Report/Agencies): The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday granted bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM) case.

A two-member bench of the court comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem had reserved its verdict in the case on October 31.

The PML-N vice president had filed a petition in the court, seeking post-arrest bail in the CSM case.

Maryam is on judicial remand in an inquiry related to Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

The PML-N leader was arrested by NAB in August and has been in custody of the accountability watchdog, which accused her of corruption and corrupt practices as defined under section 9(a) of NAO 1999 and schedule thereto and AML Act 2010.