Lahore court grants bail to PM Shehbaz's daughter, son-in-law

A special central court has granted interim pre-arrest bail to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter Rabia Imran and her husband Imran Yousaf in a Saaf Pani case.

The couple turned up in the court along with their lawyer, where Judge Ashfaq Ahmed heard their bail petitions and approved interim relief. The court ordered that they submit surety bonds and barred the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from arresting them until May 7.

Earlier, an accountability court had suspended the perpetual arrest warrants issued against the two in a separate case linked to alleged irregularities in the Punjab Saaf Pani Company. The court had accepted their plea to surrender and directed them to appear on May 5.

The warrants for their arrest had originally been issued in 2021 and 2022.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Lahore had filed a reference against the prime minister and 20 others over the Saaf Pani Company case. However, the accountability court later approved acquittal applications filed by Shehbaz Sharif and other accused in the case.