Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday granted 14 days protective bail to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son-in-law Haroon Yousaf, with the directive to appear before the relevant court in a case pertaining to assets beyond known sources of income filed by National Accountability Bureau.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan heard the protective bail case. The petitioner’s lawyer Amjad Pervaiz adopted the stance that his client, who had returned from abroad, required protective bail so that he could appear before the accountability court in Lahore. The court accepted the bail against surety bonds of Rs 25,000 and instructed Haroon Yousaf to appear before the accountability court within 14-days. The accountability court had declared the petitioner as absconder in the case.
Separately, an accountability court on Thursday returned a reference to NAB against former DG Parks Karachi Liaqat Qaimkhani declaring it beyond the jurisdiction. Administrator Judge AC Muhammad Bashir sent back the reference pertaining to holding assets beyond known sources of income after the amendments in the NAB law.
The court said that after the amendments in NAB law, the case didn’t fall in its jurisdiction. The accused had challenged the jurisdiction of the NAB court under the NAB amendment act 2022. The reference was connected with a fake bank account scam.
