Islamabad: A two-member bench comprising Judge Amir Farooq and Judge Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani will hear Sharif’s plea against Al-Azizia verdict on September 18. The IHC has also set the same date to hear the National Accountability Bureau’s appeal against Nawaz’s acquittal in the Flagship Investment case. Last year in September, accountability court Judge Arshad Malik convicted Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference and sentenced him to seven years in jail. However, the judge acquitted him in the Flagship Investments case. On24 December 2018, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia reference case by an accountability court. The accountability court judge Muhammad Arshad Malik had announced the verdict in the two references namely Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment and sentenced the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader to seven years in prison and ordered him to pay $25million and Rs1.5 billion as fine. The three-time former PM is currently serving his sentence in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail. Following his conviction, the former premier approached the Supreme Court requesting it to grant him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. The court, however, rejected the bail petition of Sharif. The apex court in its judgment had also suggested that Sharif’s counsel can approach the appropriate forum to file his request. The former PM was about to be moved to Rawalpindi’s Adiala prison but was transferred to Lahore after his counsel requested the court to move him to the city on medical grounds. Following his conviction, the former premier approached the Supreme Court requesting it to grant him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. The court, however, rejected the bail petition of Sharif. The apex court in its judgment had also suggested that Sharif’s counsel can approach the appropriate forum to file his request. The Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz leader had then filed an application in the high court.