Suleman withdraws bail plea in NAB reference.

LAHORE -- Suleman Shehbaz, younger son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on Monday withdrew his bail petition in a money laundering reference by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after a prosecutor told the trial court that the arrest of the suspect was not required at present.

Suleman appeared before an accountability court along with his counsel Amjad Parvez.

PM Shehbaz's son-in-law Haroon Yousaf also appeared before the court on expiry of his pre-arrest bail petition.

At the outset, the prosecutor of the NAB told the court that the arrest warrants earlier issued against Suleman stood infructuous after the new amendments in the National Accountability Ordinance 1999.

Advocate Parvez explained to the court that previously the NAB was empowered to issue arrest warrants at the inquiry level while under the new law the warrants could be issued at the investigation stage.

The prosecutor maintained that the arrest of Suleman was not required at this stage. He pointed out that the suspect had not answered a questionnaire handed over to him by the bureau.

However, Suleman's counsel told the court that a response to the questionnaire had been submitted to the bureau.

The court disposed of the pre-arrest bail petition of Suleman as withdrawn and sought a reply from the NAB on the bail matter of Yousaf.

The court also extended the pre-arrest bail of Yousaf till Feb 7.

Previously, the court had declared PM Shehbaz's son Suleman, daughter Rabia Imran and son-in-law Haroon Yousaf absconders for avoiding their appearance in the trial proceedings.

Suleman and Yousaf recently ended...

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