Islamabad, Feb 21 (TNS): The accountability court hearing corruption references against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family issued on Wednesday its written order rejecting the suspects’ plea to travel abroad.
Nawaz, daughter Maryam and son-in-law MNA Safdar had pleaded the court to be exempted from appearance from February 19 to March 5 on account of visiting Kulsoom Nawaz, who is undergoing cancer treatment in London since August last year. In its written order, the court has stated that Nawaz’s wife’s ailment cannot be made a basis of being exempted from court proceedings. Similarly, the judge has ruled that going to London to finalise counsel for the recording of witnesses’ statements from there can also not be made a basis for exemption. Accountability court rejects Nawaz, family’s exemption appearance requests According to Kulsoom’s medical report, submitted in court at the last hearing, six cycles of the chemotherapy have been completed and the ailment has been contained to an extent. Radiotherapy has been advised to limit the risk of cancer in the future, it states further.
Following his disqualification by the Supreme Court on July 28, Nawaz and his family are facing corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in September last year. The references pertain to the Al-Azizia Steel Mills, Flagship Investment Ltd and Avenfield properties in London.
