ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (TNS): Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar is all set to hear two petitions next week filed by Nawaz Sharif and PTI leaders Asad Umar and Shireen Mazari.
Deposed premier Nawz Sharif’s petition seeks a review of a part of the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in which the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been directed to file three separate corruption references against him. Sharif wants the three references to be clubbed together.
The PTI leaders, meanwhile, have requested a probe into the party accounts of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for allegedly receiving funds from foreign sources.
The petitions from Sharif and the PTI leaders were previously returned by the Supreme Court registrar with objections. The petitioners had then appealed the decision, which will now be heard by the CJP.
If Sharif and the PTI leaders succeed in convincing the CJP into admitting the petitions, then he may set aside the objections and ask the Registrar Office to allot petition numbers and fix the cases before relevant benches for initial hearing
