LHC grants interim bail to PML-N MNA.

LAHORE -- A Lahore High Court (LHC) Division Bench on Wednesday granted interim bail to former federal minister and PML-N MNA Barjees Tahir in assets beyond means case till June 30.

The bench headed by Justice Aalia Neelum heard the pre-arrest bail petition filed by the PML-N MNA. A counsel on behalf of MNA Barjees Tahir argued before the bench that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had issued call-up notices to his client in an assets beyond means investigation and it was feared that he might be arrested.

He submitted that the bureau investigated the matter in 2003 and closed it after inquiry. He pleaded with the court for grant of pre-arrest bail to his client in the matter. To a court query, a NAB prosecutor stated...

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