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SC Rejects Nawaz Petition for Clubbing References

Islamabad (November 16, 2017): Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar dismissed Nawaz Sharif’s appeal on the registrar office decision to return his petition seeking clubbing all NAB references against him.

On October 13, the former prime minister filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking its order to NAB to club together all the three references against him.

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However, the apex court’s registrar had returned the petition raising objections over it. The Registrar Office has advised the petitioner to approach the relevant forum.

Later, Nawaz challenged the registrar office decision which was heard by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar in his chamber.

After hearing the objections, the CJP dismissed the same.Nawaz had also pleaded the the Supreme Court to halt the accountability court proceedings of the three references against the Sharif family until a single reference is filed.

The plea was filed by Nawaz’s legal team under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution. It stated that Section 9 (a) (5) of the National Accountability Ordinance holds that the reference against possession of assets beyond known sources of income should be one and not spread over several references.The petition pleaded that the Supreme Court’s July 28 direction to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file three corruption references be declared illegal.

The Sharif family’s petition added that holding of several trials based on one allegation is against the basic rights of the petitioners.

Nawaz was disqualified by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers case. The court also directed the NAB to file three corruption references against Nawaz and his family members.

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