ISLAMABAD, Dec 03 (APP): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday withdrew its petition in the Supreme Court that challenged the bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme scam case. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa heard the case. During the course of proceedings, the chief justice said bail could not be suspended in the prima facie case. Few people had spent many years in jail due to lack of progress in the Ashiana case, he added. NAB lawyer Naeem Bokhari told the court that Fawad Hasan Fawad, principal secretary to the ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, had taken money for the suspension of agreement of Chaudhry Latif and Sons. He said Shahbaz Sharif was not in court today or not in the country. The chief justice asked as to whether Shahbaz Sharif was called in personal capacity. Naeem Bukhari replied that the court did not summon Shahbaz Sharif. The chief justice observed that the Ashiana Housing scam had kept the courts quite busy. Naeem Bukhari said the Ashiana Housing Scheme had not been not launched. The court had accepted applications of two approvers … Continue reading NAB withdraws petition seeking cancellation of Shahbaz’s bail