Islamabad (March 08, 2018): The Accountability Court on Thursday allowed the former Prime Minister and Lifetime Quaid of PML-N Nawaz Sharif and his daughter to skip the proceedings of the court while asked the son-in-law Capt retd Safdar to remain present in the proceedings.
Nawaz on Thursday arrived at the accountability court along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt Retd Safdar.
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Judge Muhammad Bashir was hearing a case against three of them in Avenfield reference case.
Wajid Zia who had to testify in the case today went to the apex court to collect the required documents due to which the court adjourned the hearing till 10:00am.
The counsel of Sharif family Khwaja Haris sought exemption of Nawaz Sharif from the proceedings due to illness which was granted by judge Muhammad Bashir.
The accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of interim NAB References against Sharif family for March 14.
The recording was adjourned by the Judge Muhammad Bashir of the AC-1 after recording statements of five of the witnesses in the case including Shahid Mehmod, Waqar and Hassan Raza.
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The counsel of Sharif family argued with te witnesses. After the arguments, the court adjourned the hearing by in the interim references by March 14.
The court had also summoned 15 more witnesses in the case to submit their testimonies.
The court would also record the statement of former Panama JIT Head Wajid Zia’s statement in the case pertaining to London flats references. The defendants counsel Khwaja Haris would argue with the former JIT head.
The court on Wednesday morning, allowed Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz to skip the proceedings.
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Earlier, former prime minister and lifetime Quaid of the PML-N Nawaz Sharif while talking to media after being exempted of the proceedings said that their party was never involved in horse trading and hate such practices.
He was talking to media after getting exemption from the accountability court for today’s hearing. The former prime minister said that action should be taken against those who had carried out horse trading in the Senate elections.
“We are ready to devise a joint strategy with the parties who considers that horse trading was carried out in the Senate elections,” he said.
Earlier, the accountability court on Wednesday allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to skip the proceedings of the NAB references against the Sharif family.
The proceedings of the interim references filed against Sharif family including Al Azizia and Flagship references went underway on Wednesday with Judge Muhammad Bashir heading the proceedings.
