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PML-N decides to challenge Al-Azizia verdict in IHC
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to challenge the verdict of the Al-Azizia reference in the Islamabad High Court – five days after an accountability court awarded seven-year jail term to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the case. The court had ordered that Nawaz be “sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a term of seven […]
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to challenge the verdict of the Al-Azizia reference in the Islamabad High Court – five days after an accountability court awarded seven-year jail term to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the case.
The court had ordered that Nawaz be “sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a term of seven years along with a fine if Rs1.5 billion and US$25 million”.
In this connection, Nawaz’s daughter Maryam Nawaz held a five-hour long meeting with his counsel Khawaja Haris in Lahore.
According to PML-N sources, Khawaja Haris would soon file a petition in the IHC against the verdict.
After the petition is ready to be filed, Maryam and Nawaz’s counsel will hold another meeting to discuss matters, added the sources.
In a short verdict announced on Friday, the court said there was concrete evidence against the former premier in the Al-Azizia reference, and that he was unable to provide a money trail in the case.
The verdict read: “In view of section 15 of the Ordinance and consequent upon his conviction of the offence under section 9(a)(v) of the Ordinance, the convict shall forthwith cease to hold public office, if any, held by him and further he shall stand disqualified for a period of ten years, to be reckoned from the date he is released after serving his above sentence, for seeking or being elected, chosen, appointed or nominated as a member or representatives of any public body or any statutory or local authority or in the service of Pakistan or of any Province. The convict shall also not be allowed to apply for or be granted or allowed any financial facilities in the form of any loan or advances or other financial accommodation by any bank or financial institution owned or controlled by the Government for a period of 10 years from the date hereof.”
Published in Daily Times, December 29th 2018.
