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IHC to hear Al-Azizia reference against Nawaz Sharif today

PML-N leader departs for Islamabad to attend hearing

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Islamabad High Court on Thursday (today) will hear Al-Azizia reference against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.۔

PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif left Lahore on Thursday morning for Islamabad to attend the hearing.

A division bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb will conduct hearing of the case.

An accountability court had awarded seven years imprisonment to PML-N quaid Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference, besides imposing a fine of 2.5 million pounds. The former PM Sharif had filed an appeal against the court verdict.

Separately, the court will also hear a NAB appeal for enhancing sentence of PML-N quaid in Al-Azizia reference today.

The NAB, in his appeal, contended that the sentence awarded to former prime minister was less severe, which should be enhanced.

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