The Accountability Court will announce the verdict on July 6
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 5th July, 2018) Accountability Court judge Arshad Malik has excused from hearing the petition seeking a delay in Avenfield Reference verdict.
The Accountability Court of Islamabad on Tuesday had fixed July 6 to announce its judgment in the Avenfield London property reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his children.
The court reserved its judgment after the two sides concluded their final arguments in the reference against Sharif family members. The court has conducted proceedings of the reference for nine months and twenty days.
However, former prime minister and PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday asked the Accountability Court to defer the verdict in the Avenfield case for some days, till the health of his wife improves.
Speaking to media outside the Harley Clinic here, he said the courts reserved decisions for months but he wants that the Accountability Court to not announce decision in his case for some days.
He said he wanted to hear the verdict in the court along with his daughter, who was with him and appeared in the court for about 100 times.
He said he would return to Pakistan whether the decision was in his favour or not. "I will return as soon as Kulsoom's health improves. She underwent an operation yesterday."
The former prime minister said that court announced the verdict on the eligibility of a person from Rawalpindi after reserving the decision for three months. "I am not asking for three months, but a relief for some days. I am not a dictator who will run away from the courts," he said.
However, Accountability Court judge Arshad Malik has excused from hearing Nawaz’s petition seeking a delay in the verdict.
He said that this case is under Accountability Court no. 1 judge Muhammad Bashir who is on a leave today. The petitions will be put before Muhammad Bashir on July 6.
Arshad Malik has however ordered to fix a hearing on Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz’s petition.
