ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday asked whether former premier Nawaz Sharif’s primary concern was getting himself released from the prison or the last week of the bail granted to him is being awaited.
The incarcerated former prime minister is out on bail on medical grounds, but he has not been admitted to a hospital yet.
نواز شریف کی رہائی کا چوتھا روز تاحال ہسپتال میں داخل نہیں کروایا گیا ۔کیا مقصد صرف جیل سے باہر آنا تھا یا بیماری کیلئے آخری ہفتے کا انتظار ہے؟ میرا پھر مشورہ ہے آسان راستہ Plea Bargain ہے، حسن اور حسین کا پیسہ نہیں آپ کا ہے اس قوم نے تین دفعہ آپ کو عزت دی ان کا پیسہ واپس دیں
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 30, 2019
He said that it was the fourth day of his release and still he was not admitted to a hospital.
He suggested Nawaz a ‘solution’ as a way out through a plea bargain – a provision which is contained within Section 25 in the NAB Ordinance, 1999. “You were honoured by the general public thrice; return their [people] money,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court granted bail to former premier Nawaz Sharif for six weeks against a surety bond of Rs5 million in a petition filed on medical grounds in Al-Azizia corruption reference; however, with a restriction that he cannot leave the country.
