The Lahore High Court has accepted the bail plea of senior PML-N leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Giving relief to the arrested PML-N leader in the money laundering case, the Lahore High Court on Wednesday accepted Khawaja’s bail application.

The court ordered the release of the PML-N leader after submission of the surety bonds.

Two-judge bench consisting of Justice Miss Alia Neelam and Justice Syed Shehbaz Ali Rizvi conducted the hearing.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested Khawaja on December 29, 2020, from Islamabad. The PML-N leader had filed his bail application in LHC on March 27, 2021.

The divisional benches were dissolved while hearing Khawaja Asif’s bail application.

Total four hearings were conducted in this regard.

 

Reporter Malik Ashraf