Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif moves to restore appeals against convictions
The Hindu
Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan, signs applications to restore appeals against convictions in Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed applications on his return to Pakistan to restore pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases.
Sharif, 73, the three-time Prime Minister and supremo of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), returned to Pakistan on October 21 after spending four years in self-imposed exile in London.
Sharif signed the applications at Islamabad International Airport on October 21
The applications, prepared by his legal team, will be filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Division Bench and are likely to be heard on October 24, a PML-N lawyer told Dawn newspaper.
Sharif’s legal team will also present a petition seeking protective bail. Besides, Sharif is also supposed to appear before an accountability court on the same day, the report said.
The former Prime Minister was convicted in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia cases and was declared a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana vehicle case, which is pending before an Islamabad accountability court.
He was on bail in these cases when he left for the U.K. in 2019 on medical grounds.