NAB tells LHC Maryam's passport not required.

LAHORE -- The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz's passport was not required.

A three-member bench headed by LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti was hearing the PML-N leader's petition seeking return of her passport, which she had surrendered before the LHC's deputy registrar (judicial) after she received post-arrest bail in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSML) case.

As the proceedings commenced, a junior lawyer appeared on the rostrum and informed the court that senior lawyer Amjad Pervaiz was in another court and will just be reaching this court within a few minutes. He requested the court to halt proceedings temporarily.

However, CJ Bhatti chastised the absence of Amjad Pervaiz and questioned if the lawyer was unaware of which bench was larger and where he had to appear.

'Has he learnt this through his practice? This way is not acceptable, neither is it admirable,' Justice Bhatti...