Pakistan anti-graft court indicts Sharif, his family
Team Udayavani, Oct 19, 2017, 2:58 PM IST
Islamabad: An anti-corruption court today indicted Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law over corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The accountability court in Islamabad indicted 67-year- old Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar in the London properties reference even though Sharif and lead defence counsel Khawaja Haris are both out of the country, Dawn reported.
All three accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. During the proceedings, the court rejected an application filed by Capt Safdar’s counsel Amjad Pervez seeking an adjournment of the indictment proceedings, the paper said.
The second lawyer from Sharif’s legal team, Ayesha Hamid, filed an application seeking a delay in the indictment until the Supreme Court decides on a petition filed by Sharif against the filing of multiple corruption references against him by NAB.
The court rejected this application as well, the paper said. A third application has also been filed by Sharif’s counsel, seeking merger of the three references filed against him. The court has reserved its decision on the application.
The NAB had registered three cases of corruption and money laundering against Sharif, his family members and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the accountability court. The cases were registered weeks after the Supreme Court disqualified Sharif as prime minister on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal.
Judge Mohammad Bashir was set to indict Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law on October 13. However, after a violent clash between the PML-N lawyers and police, the court postponed the indictment until today. Sharif’s family has alleged that the cases are politically motivated. He may be jailed after the indictment.
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