Islamabad (October 13, 2017): The Accountability Court hearing the references against the members of Sharif family adjourned the hearing till October 19 without conducting any proceedings today.
The court adjourned the hearing soon after the proceedings began after the clash between the police and lawyers outside the court, during which the a lawyer received head injury when police resorted to baton charging.
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Earlier the daughter of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz had left the residence of her daughter’s father-in-law Chaudhary Muneer to appear before the Accountability Court along with her husband Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar and had appeared before court.
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Maryam, Safdar, and disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif who was summoned by the Court to appear today are expected to be indicted indicted today while Nawaz’s sons Hassan and Hussain will be summoned once again and their warrants have been affixed on the walls of NAB court.
Senator Asif Kirmani, Minister of State of State or Information Maryam Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhary have also also reached the Judicial Complex. Talal Chaudhary was stopped from entering the Court.
Previously the Judge of the Accountability Court Muhammad Bashir had allowed one-day immunity to Sharif family and summoned them on October 13.
On the last hearing the judge had expressed anger over the absence of the members of Sharif family. The court had decided to separate cases of each member in order to differentiate between present and absent suspects.
Nawaz Sharif, Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz are nominated suspects in references regarding Park Lane apartments, Al Azizia Steel Mills and offshore companies, while Maryam Nawaz and her husband Capt (r) Safdar are nominated in reference regarding Park Lane apartments alone.
According to the affixed warrants of Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz outside court, they will be declared fugitives if they don’t appear before accountability court within the duration of one month.
Earlier, daughter of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif conducted a meeting in Lahore before leaving for Islamabad today. She consulted with the MPL-N leaders and close aides and discussed various important matters including her appearance before the accountability court.
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