On Thursday, Islamabad High Court acquitted PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz and her husband Captain (retd) Safdar in the ‘Avenfield reference’. The two-member bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, pronounced the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. Additionally, the court overturned the sentences that the accountability court had given to Maryam and Safdar. […]
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Nation wants action against corrupt elements, says Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is an independent body and carries out its on activities, adding that government has no role in its functionaries. He was talking to the media representatives in reaction to the decision of IHC over the suspension of imprisonment of former primer Nawaz Sharif, his […]
IHC resumes hearing of Sharif family’s appeal against Avenfield verdict
ISLAMABAD: A two-judge bench of Islamabad high Court (IHC) on Wednesday heard the arguments of Khawaja Hariss advocate of Nawaz Sharif on petition challenging the Avenfield reference. Khwaja Hariss, former primer Nawaz Sharif’s counsel presented his arguments against the petition challenging the Avenfield reference verdict against Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and his son-in-law […]
Neither ‘Khalai Makhlooq’ nor courts can break Nawaz, Maryam tells PML-N devotees not to fret over Avenfield verdict
LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Friday urged PML-N supporters not to fret over Avenfield reference verdict. Maryam Nawaz took it twitter stating “PML-N lions, remember this! Do not get unsettled no matter what the verdict is, all of this is not new for your Nawaz Sharif”. مسلم لیگ ن کے شیرو […]
Accountability Judge files another plea to extend deadline of NAB references against Sharifs
ISLAMABAD: Accountability court Judge Mohammad Bashir on Friday filed an extension petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking more time to conclude National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) references against Sharif family. Judge Mohammad Bashir’s extension plea will be heard in the SC today, as the deadline of concluding the references comes to an end on June […]
JIT report an investigative document, cannot be used as evidence: Maryam to accountability court
ISLAMABAD: While recording her statement before the accountability court on Thursday, Maryam Nawaz asserted that the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) report in the Panama Papers case was merely an ‘investigative’ document, and thus could not be used as evidence. Maryam claimed that the Supreme Court had ordered references against her and her family on the basis […]
Maryam, Safdar arrive at Accountability Court to record statements in Avenfield reference case
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) Safdar on Thursday will be recording their statements in Avenfield reference case. The Sharif family appeared before the accountability court to record their statements respectively. Maryam Nawaz’s statement recording is underway at the accountability court. Former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has already […]