IHC approves Nawaz's interim bail in Al-Azizia case.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday granted interim bail till Tuesday to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference after the latter's brother, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif approached the high court for an urgent hearing owing to the deteriorating condition of his elder brother. As the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted bail to the former PM on Friday, the IHC had postponed the matter till Tuesday. However, it took up the plea on Saturday after Shehbaz Sharif's request for urgency in the matter. A two-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, granted bail to Nawaz - who is undergoing treatment at the Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS)- after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said it had no objection to the bail plea. Subsequently, the court instructed that two surety...