Chief Justice Aamer Farooq of the IHC announces verdict after hearing arguments of both sides in the case.

The NAB report submitted to the court says that Cheema’s amassed assets align with his income.

The Islamabad High Court, headed by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, will hear the cases.

A prosecutor representing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) expresses the need for time to review the plea.

Former Bureaucrats Fawad Hassan Fawad and Ahad Cheema, who are part of the incumbent federal cabinet, have also been declared innocent.

The plea contends that, in compliance with court directives, private meetings with PTI Chairman Imran Khan are sanctioned every Tuesday, urging the court to grant permission for these private interactions.

The court observes that that the Supreme Court had issued a directive preventing the accountability court from delivering a final verdict.

Nawaz Sharif, who has been in self-imposed exile since 2019, departed for London during his seven-year prison term on medical grounds, and he returned to Pakistan on October 21.

Nawaz Sharif's first appointment is at the accountability court, where he will attend a hearing related to the Toshkhana reference before Judge Muhammad Bashir at the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC).

The son of the PML-N senior vice-president asks the media to respect their privacy and expressed his hope for finding peace following this decision.