ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27 (TNS): Nawaz Sharif on Monday appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad for hearing of Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references.
Accountability court II Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik is remaining two corruption references against him and his family.
Earlier on Friday, Judge Malik had submitted a written request to the Supreme Court seeking the fifth extension in Sharif’s trial.
On Monday, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan ordered a six-week extension in the deadline for concluding the remaining two corruption references.
The trial against the Sharif family was commenced on September 14, 2017.
On July 6, after four extensions in the original six-month deadline to conclude all three cases, the court announced its verdict in the Avenfield reference.
Nawaz and his sons, Hussain and Hasan, are accused in all three references whereas Maryam and Safdar were accused in the Avenfield reference only.
