Mills case: Maryam Nawaz to be presented in court today

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz will appear before an accountability court today in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

The accountability court judge Chaudhry Ameer Mohammad Khan will conduct the hearing.

The court has also summoned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, however, ailing Nawaz Sharif might not be able to appear before the court.

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On 8th August, Maryam was arrested by the NAB in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case along wither her cousin Yousaf Abbas.

According to the data revealed by the NAB, Sharif Family had used Chaudhry Sugar Mills for money-laundering and illegal transfer of its shares.

It was revealed during the inquiry that a $15 million loan was taken on the pretext to set up the mill despite the fact that it had already been established before the loan was taken. The loan was never transferred to Pakistan as shown by the record of the State Bank of Pakistan.

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On 24th October, Maryam Nawaz had filed a plea in LHC requesting the court to release her on bail as her father was unwell and undergoing medical treatment at the hospital.

On 4th November,  Lahore High Court (LHC)’s two-member bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem granted bail to Maryam Nawaz in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.