Court adjourns hearing on Maryam Nawaz's bail plea till Monday.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday postponed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif's bail plea in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case till Monday.

A two-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi conducted the hearing on plea seeking immediate release of Maryam Nawaz.

The court had inquired from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) whether Maryam Nawaz is being allowed to meet her ailing father Nawaz Sharif. The anti-corruption watchdog sought time from the court to submit reply.

The LHC asked whether Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz's names are on the Exit Control List. The federal government's counsel told the court that the names of both leaders are on the ECL. The court then adjourned the hearing till October 28.

The PML-N stalwart is currently in the jail on judicial remand in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference along with her cousin Yousaf Abbas.

Meanwhile an accountability court on Friday extended judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif and managing director at Sharif Group of Industries and Nawaz Sharif's nephew...

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