Chaudhry Sugar Mills: LHC to hear Maryam Nawaz's bail petition today.

Lahore High Court (LHC) will conduct hearing on petition seeking bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case today (Wednesday).

According to details, a two-member bench will hear the petition.

Previously, LHC had postponed the hearing on the request of National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) Lahore director general.

Responding to NAB's appeal, Maryam Nawaz's lawyer said the court had not issued any notice to anti-corruption watchdog's DG and that we can easily brief the case in this hearing.

However, Justice Ali Baqir adjourned the proceedings, saying that the arguments will be recorded in the presence of NAB counsel.

Earlier, NAB had submitted preliminary investigative report to the LHC on Maryam Nawaz's bail plea, where the bureau had expressed fear that she might flee abroad.

NAB report stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president's crime is not against one individual but the entire society, and she keeps on obstructing the probe against her. "Yousaf Abbas, accused in Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference, had also tried to escape before", read the report.

The PML-N leader owned 8,064,000 shares of Sugar Mills, while from 2008 to 2010...

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