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AC Rejects Plea to Issue Arrest Warrant for Sharif Family

Rehan Dashti 

Islamabad (September 19, 2017): The accountability court hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family on Tuesday rejected National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor request to issue arrest warrant for Sharif family members and instead issued a second summons for the accused.

Sharif family members including Nawaz Shairf and his children- Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safder had been summoned by the court to appear before it today.

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When the accountability court judge took up the reference for hearing, no one from the Sharif family named in the references appeared before the court.NAB submitted compliance report of the court’s  summons issued to the accused.

Judge Mohammad Bashir was informed by the NAB prosecutor that the family’s security officer at their Lahore residence received the summons.The NAB prosecutor informed the court that the security officer said Hussain and Hasan Nawaz had instructed him not to receive the summons. He added that the summons was sent to the correct address.

The judge remarked that the summons was for the accused  and not the security officer. “Don’t just get rid of the task by delivering the summons to the security in-charge next time and get the job done,” the judge observed.He said this is a criminal, not a civil court. “The security officer’s statement should be on record if the summons was given to him.” he added.

The court was hearing the case of three references submitted by NAB against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his sons Hussain and Hasan, daughter Maryam and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar.As none of Nawaz’s family members summoned by the court turned up,  the court ordered for the issuance of another summons to the Sharif family and adjourned the hearing until September 26.

The judge also directed Senator Asif Kirmani, Nawaz’s political adviser, who was present in court, that he should inform  Sharif family members about the summons against them.

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