NAB references: Court adjourns hearing against Sharif family till afternoon
It will be 16th appearance of ousted premier before the accountability court.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Accountability court has adjourned hearing of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references against Sharif family till 2 pm today (Tuesday) due to absence of defence lawyer Khawaja Harris.
Former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar reached the court for the proceeding.
It will be 16th appearance of ousted premier before the accountability court.
The date of recording the statements of foreign witnesses will be determined during today’s hearing.
During previous hearing, Justice Mohammad Bashir had directed to approach foreign witnesses Robert Radley and Raja Akhtar through video linking.
NAB prosecutor said that video linking was allowed in the case of state of Maharashtra and Dr. Praful B. Desai over which, lawyer Amjad Pervez said that in this case, commission was permitted to record statements through video link.
The court had also rejected Nawaz Sharif’s plea against NAB supplementary reference and summoned five witnesses of the prosecution regarding supplementary reference. He had also directed to record the statements of the witnesses living abroad via video link.
Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Harris raised objection over the supplementary reference, saying that it was filed by keeping in view Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report.
NAB team argued that the supplementary reference supports old allegations and that there is nothing new in it.
