IHC banishes Nawaz Sharif’s appeal over NAB references
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court rejected Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s plea to club all his National NAB referenceson Monday’s early morning.
The two-member bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced the verdict today.
Justice Aamer read out the short order today, and a detailed order will be issued later.
The NAB court on had again dismissed Nawaz’s plea seeking the clubbing of three references into one, which was later challenged in the IHC on November 8.
At the hearing on November 20, Nawaz’s lawyer pointed out similarities between the Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment references, pleading that they be combined.
Nawaz Sharif’s counsel Azam Nazir Tarar stated that the three individuals named as accused in both references are the same, adding that of the 13 witnesses in both references, six are the same.
The lawyer told the bench that the accountability court had decided against clubbing the three references Avenfield, Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment without waiting for the IHC verdict on the matter.
The bench then reserved its decision after hearing NAB’s version on the matter.
Source: Online
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