Hearing on Nawaz appeal in Al-Azizia case today
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s appeal challenging his sentence in the Al-Azizia reference on Thursday (today).
The court will also hear the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal, seeking increase in the former premier’s sentence. A division bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will carry out the proceedings.
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The registrar office has issued the cause list. An accountability court in Islamabad had sentenced Nawaz to seven years in prison on corruption charges. The PML-N supremo had filed an appeal against his sentence.
Meanwhile, NAB had filed an appeal, requesting the court to increase the former premier’s sentence in Al-Azizia reference. Earlier, the IHC had acquitted Nawaz in the Avenfield reference.