ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rashid hailed the accountability court’s decision of indictment of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and her husband MNA Capt (retd) Safdar on Thursday.
Following the indictment of the three in the Avenfield properties case, Rashid welcomed the witnessing of such verdicts with open arms and said that such take place when the Constitution and law are alive.
“Today, the Constitution and law have been implemented. I have never criticized the courts. I did not even criticize the court which handed out punishment to me.”
Rashid pointed out that no country in the world had said that Nawaz Sharif was treated unfairly.
The accountability court hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family indicted Nawaz Sharif, Maryam and Safdar after dismissing their pleas to suspend proceedings and bring their indictment to a halt.
Nawaz, through his representative, however, along with Maryam and Safdar rejected the charges by pleading ‘not guilty’.