Court adjourns hearing of NAB references against Sharif family till Jan 30
Two prosecution witnesses Ghulam Mustafa and Uzair Rehan recorded their statements.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The accountability court on Tuesday has adjourned hearing of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references against Sharif family till January 30.
During the hearing headed by Justice Mohammad Bashir, two prosecution witnesses Ghulam Mustafa and Uzair Rehan recorded their statements.
Ghulam Mustafa presented transaction record of Hill Metal company while Uzair Rehan verified the documents submitted by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), saying that the details were handed over to investigation officer infront of him.
Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Harris sought permission to read out interim petition over which NAB prosecutor said that Supreme Court (SC) had directed to complete the hearing in three months.
Khawaja Harris argued that NAB filed interim reference after four months and now it’s not giving us time of only seven days.
Subsequently, the court summoned Afaq Ahmed and Waqar Ahmed in next hearing.
After the hearing, Nawaz Sharif also complained that media does not broadcast judicial facts as people are unware about what happened in the court.
Accountability court has conducted 21 hearings of Flagship Investment Ltd reference, 20 of Avenfield Properties and 24 of Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference. The ousted premier has appeared for the hearings at least 14 times, Maryam Nawaz 16 times while Capt (r) Safdar 17 times.
Earlier today, Nawaz Sharif’s convoy was also stopped by protesting daily wages teachers who demanded to make them permanent and also chanted slogans against the government.
During the previous hearing headed by Justice Mohammad Bashir, NAB Additional Director Nasir Junejo recorded his statement in Flagship reference over which Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Harris asked him whether he was part of the inquiry against Sharif family in 2017 which he responded with ‘yes’.
Junejo told that Shahbaz Haider provided record of Chaudhry Sugar Mills on August 21, 2017 while investigation officer also recorded his stance in the case on the same day. Responding to a question about any further inquiry in the case, the witness said that no statement was recorded in front of him afterwards.
