LAHORE: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday withdrew a petition filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) for the return of her passport so that she could travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.
A special division bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had taken up the petition earlier today. During the hearing, Maryam’s counsel, Advocate Amjad Pervez, informed the court that the PML-N leader wished to withdraw her plea. Subsequently, the court disposed of the petition. Maryam’s withdrawal comes after no less than four benches were formed to hear the petition due to judges recusing themselves one after the other. Last week, the first bench — comprising Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Anwarul Haq Pannun — had observed that the petition should be heard by the same bench, headed by Justice Najafi, that had granted bail to the petitioner before recusing itself. –Agencies
