Toshakhana corruption case | Pakistan's anti-graft body ordered to record former PM Nawaz Sharif's statement by November 30

An accountability court in Islamabad on November 20 ordered Pakistan’s anti-graft body to record former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s statement by November 30 in the Toshakhana corruption case.

An accountability court in Islamabad on November 20 ordered Pakistan's anti-graft body to record former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement by November 30 in the Toshakhana corruption case.

Judge Muhammad Bashir of the accountability court in Islamabad heard the Toshakhana corruption case against the 73-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo who returned to Pakistan on October 21 after about four years of self-imposed exile in London, the Dawn newspaper reported.

Mr. Sharif's lawyer Qazi Misbah urged the court to issue directions to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on recording the three-time Prime Minister's statements in the case.

"A supplementary reference needs to be filed … a reference was filed in the absence of Nawaz," he was quoted as saying in the report. "We want the NAB to record Nawaz's position," he added.

The NAB prosecutor sought time to go through the petition. However, Judge Bashir ordered the accountability bureau to record Mr. Sharif's statements in the case by November 30 and adjourned the proceedings till then.

“What is the problem? Call Nawaz Sharif and record his statement,” Judge Bashir was quoted as saying.