Accountability court suspends Nawaz Sharif's arrest warrants in Toshakhana case
Pakistan
Judge Muhammad Bashir conducts hearing of appeal
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday suspended arrest warrants for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Toshakhana case.
Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir announced his reserved ruling on an appeal filed by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif.
Sharif’s lawyer Qazi Misbah and NAB prosecutor were present during the hearing. As the hearing started, Sharif’s counsel Misbah appealed to the court to suspend the arrest warrant for PML-N Qauaid. He said PML-N Supremo wanted to contest cases in the court for which he was returning to Pakistan on October 21.
Judge Muhammad Bashir sought record of cases against Nawaz Sharif. The court then asked Misbah whether they had filed any appeal in the high court too. Misbah replied that they had not filed any appeal in the high court in this regard.
He said the warrants had been issued but the court had not issued any ruling in the case. He said Ishaq Dar had been granted relief in this regard and the court had suspended his arrest warrants in a similar case.
He requested the court to suspend Sharif's arrest warrant untill October 24. After hearing the arguments, Judge Muhammad Bashir reserved the ruling.
A day earlier, Sharif's lawyers had filed an appeal praying to the court to suspend PML-N Quaid's perpetual arrest warrants in Toshakhana case.
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A two-judge IHC bench on Wednesday had issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on two petitions filed by PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif seeking protective bail in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia cases. Nawaz will return to Pakistan on Saturday. He was convicted in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references and declared a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana vehicle case pending with an accountability court in Islamabad.
The court adjourned the case till Thursday. The bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb took up Nawaz’s pleas which were filed earlier on Wednesday. The PML-N leader’s lawyer, Amjad Pervez, told the court that his client was seeking protective bail.
