Islamabad (November 20, 2017): Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer on Monday argued before the Islamabad High Court that similarities have been noted between the Azizia Steel Mills reference 17, and Flagship Investment references 19 therefore, they should be combined.
A two-member bench of the high court was hearing a petition filed by the former prime minister challenging an accountability court’s decision against clubbing three corruption references against Sharif into one.
Advocate Azam Nazir Tarar told the bench that an accountability court had noted the similarities between the references, arguing that at least these two references should be combined.
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The lawyer pointed out that the references list the same three individuals as accused and added that six out of 13 witnesses in both references were also the same.
“If the witnesses appear over and over again [before the accountability court] to record their testimonies, my defence will be exposed,” Advocate Tarar said.
Advocate Tarar told the court that the petition submitted by the former premier in the Supreme Court held a different request. He added that in the apex court, the chief justice had maintained the registrar office’s objections to the petition ─ that the petitioner had already exhausted all legal remedies up to the Supreme Court and had not approached any other appropriate forum available to him under the law for the same relief ─ and rejected Sharif appeal.
The judge Amri Farooq remarked that the court will review the referecne 17 and 18. Late the hearing adjourned for November 23.
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