Justice Ijazul Ahsan to supervise NAB references against Sharif family
It has been directed to complete the proceedings of this case in six months.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A significant progress has on Wednesday been made regarding National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references against the Sharif family, as Justice Ijazul Ahsan has been appointed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar to supervise the case.
A notification in this regard has also been issued by the registrar office. Furthermore, it has been declared that Justice Ejaz Afzal will supervise the references in the absence of Justice Ijazul Ahsan. Both these honorable judges were also the part of five-member bench that disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. It has further been directed to complete the proceedings of this case in six months.
In its judgment in the Panama Papers case on July 28, a five-member Supreme Court bench had directed NAB to file references against Nawaz Sharif, his children and son-in-law Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar before the Accountability Court within six weeks on the basis of the material collected and referred to by the Joint Investigating Team (JIT) in its report and such other material as may be available with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and NAB.
“In case the Accountability Court finds any deed, document or affidavit filed by or on behalf of the respondent(s) or any other person(s) to be fake, false, forged or fabricated, it shall take appropriate action against the concerned person in accordance with law,” the court stated.
