LHC to hear arguments on Maryam's bail plea today.

Islamabad: The division bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najfi and Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem heard the post-arrest bail petition of the PML-N leader. Additional Prosecutor General Jehanzaib Bharwana represented the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and advocates Azam Nazir Tarar and Amjad Pervaiz appeared on behalf of the petitioner. During the proceedings, the bench asked whether Maryam Nawaz had been allowed to meet her ailing father, Nawaz Sharif, in hospital. To which, the petitioner's counsel submitted that she was living with his father in the hospital. He stated that the bureau had obtained physical remand of his client three times but now she was on judicial remand. In response to a question, NAB's prosecutor submitted para-wise comments to the bail plea on behalf of the anti-graft watchdog. At this, the bench asked the...