IHC will hear appeals of Sharif Family against their conviction in Avenfield reference

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (R) Safdar against their conviction in the Avenfield reference.

Accoridng to the details, the court will also take up the PML-N supremo’s appeal against his conviction in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference.

Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Haris moved two miscellaneous applications in the IHC, stating that his client cannot appear before the court tomorrow and requested an exemption from personal appearance on his behalf on medical grounds.

Furthermore, the applications submitted to the IHC registrar will be taken up along the appeals tomorrow.

A two-judge bench comprising Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will hear the case.

The accused have been out on bail since Sept 19, 2018, when the IHC suspended the 10-year, seven-year, and one-year imprisonment handed down to Nawaz, Maryam, and Safdar, respectively by an accountability court on July 6, 2018.

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The Supreme Court later upheld the suspension of their conviction while rejecting the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal against the high court’s decision.