IHC To Hear Nawaz Sharif’s Appeal Challenging Al-Azizia Verdict On Jan 21

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IHC to hear Nawaz Sharif’s appeal challenging Al-Azizia verdict on Jan 21

Justice Amir Kiyani and Justice Mohsin Akhtar will hear the plea while Khwaja Haris will represent Nawaz Sharif.

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 10th January, 2019) The hearing on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s appeal against Al-Azizia verdict will be held on January 21.

Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges Justice Amir Kiyani and Justice Mohsin Akhtar will hear the plea while Khwaja Haris will represent Nawaz Sharif.

According to registrar office, an IHC division bench will held the hearing.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday submitted a supplementary appeal in Al-Azizia reference before IHC seeking early hearing of the case.

The petition was submitted to the high court by Nawaz Sharif's counsel Khwaja Haris.

The petition maintained that former premier's basic human rights are being violated, hence a hearing on the appeal should be fixed at the earliest date possible.

The petition stated that a two-member IHC bench has heard the plea and clubbed petitions seeking suspension of Nawaz's sentence with the appeal against his conviction in the reference.

Meanwhile, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed appeals on the accountability court's verdict in Flagship and Al-Azizia references. The anti-graft body has maintained that it presented solid proofs against Nawaz Sharif on his financial malpractices in the Flagship reference, hence releasing him on the pretext of the benefit of the doubt would be contrary to the law.

In its second appeal, NAB has requested the court to extend Nawaz's seven-year sentence in the Al-Azizia case.

An accountability court had on December 24 found the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader guilty in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference and sentenced him to seven years jail.

Nawaz Sharif has requested the IHC for declaring the accountability court's verdict null and void and has also sought bail in the case.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses