PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz released from jail

Pakistan Muslim League leader Hamza Shehbaz has been released from jail on Saturday. 

As per the details, he has been granted bail on the orders issued by the Accountability Court judge Akmal Khan after the surety bonds submitted by the PML-N were verified.

PML-N workers were seen welcoming Hamza Shehbaz with rose petals and drum music. They were seen dancing and celebrating outside the jail. PML-N vice President Maryam Nawaz reached outside Kot Lakhpat jail too.

شکر الحمدُللّہ ! pic.twitter.com/4Dxg6NVUAc

Advertisement

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 27, 2021

Last year on this day, I and Shahid Khaqan were freed from Adiala Jail on the orders of Islamabad HC after facing Imran Khan’s political victimisation. PMLN leaders have been target of Imran’s vendetta but their resolve has grown stronger. Today Hamza Shahbaz wins freedom too. pic.twitter.com/ZQchjDthnT

— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) February 26, 2021

Hamza’s bail was approved by the Lahore High Court on Wednesday. He was asked to submit a Rs 10 million surety bond.

Hamza Shehbaz was taken into the custody of the National Accountability Bureau after the Lahore High Court dismissed his plea for pre-arrest bail. This happened on June 11, 2019.

A reference was filed against Hamza Shehbaz and 10 others on August 20, 2020.

Hamza was indicted while six others, including Hamza’s mother Nusrat Shehbaz, were declared fugitives on November 11, 2020.

Hamza’s bail was approved by the Lahore High Court on February 25, 2021.