Family members meet Nawaz, Maryam in Adiala
The family was given special permission to meet Nawaz, Maryam and Cpt (r) Safdar on Eidul Azha
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Former Punjab CM and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif alongwith other family members met former prime minister and party supremo Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz in Adiala Jail on Tuesday.
Sources said that the family was given special permission to meet the jailed Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and Capt (r) Safdar on Eidul Azha.
The family members who met Nawaz Sharif included his mother, Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz, Salman Shehbaz, personal staff and three other people.
Earlier, Islamabad High Court (IHC) had suspended verdict in case pertaining to the Sharif family’s appeals challenging their conviction in the Avenfield reference by the accountability court after which the ex-prime minister and his daughter had celebrated Eidul Azha in Adiala Jail.
A division bench of the IHC comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb resumed hearing in the appeals of Sharif family today seeking suspension of their conviction in Avenfield reference.
It is to be mentioned here that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Captain Safdar were convicted and sentenced to prison in absentia for ten years, seven years and one year respectively, in Avenfield verdict that is likely to further disrupt an already chaotic campaign for national elections this month.
Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) Safdar, who were candidates for the forthcoming general elections were also disqualified from contesting elections for 10 years each.
The sentence and a fine of 8 million pounds, or $10.6 million, came almost a year after Supreme Court removed Sharif from office and less than five months after the court barred him from holding office for life.
Nawaz Sharif was convicted under section 9(a)(5) of the NAB ordinance.
