Shehbaz files bail plea on medical grounds.

Byline: Shahzad Ahmad

LAHORE -- Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday filed in the Lahore High Court a bail petition taking plea of his deteriorating health on the basis of a medical report.

The PML-N leader filed the bail petition through his counsels Azam Nazir Tarar and Amjad Pervez.

'Since I am under treatment for my health condition is not good, therefore the court should release me on bail,' he pleaded in the petition.

Citing the federal government and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as parties, Shehbaz said the NAB had made the case against him on political grounds and in violation of the law.

The petition said, 'The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) made a case contrary to the law and arrested me. The case was made on political basis,'...