ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law these days filed separate appeals challenging the decision in a corruption case and the Islamabad High Court issued an pressing purpose list to listen to them on Tuesday.
Sharif, 68, and his daughter Maryam, 44, had been arrested in Lahore on July 13 on their arrival from London after an accountability courtroom found them in charge over his circle of relatives's possession of four luxury residences in London. They had been later taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Sharif's son-in-law, Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, who was arrested on July eight, may be lodged in the same Adiala Jail.
Seven separate appeals had been filed within the Islamabad High Court through the 3 convicts' lawyers - three on behalf of Sharif, and two each on behalf of Maryam and Safdar - on the corruption cases towards them.
Hours after the 3 filed separate appeals via their counsels, Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Anwar Khan Kasi constituted a two-member bench to listen to the appeals.
The bench come with Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who are the junior maximum judges out of 5 IHC judges.
The courtroom also listed on its web page the listening to of appeals as pressing and set the next day to come the date for listening to.
Legally the manager justice is empowered to arrange a bench but necessary cases are incessantly assigned to senior judges.
Today was the last day of submitting appeals as below law the convicts can report appeals within 10 days of conviction through an accountability courtroom.
The attraction highlighted the felony flaws within the Avenfield verdict and pleaded to nullify the Islamabad Accountability Court's verdict. Moreover, it (the attraction) additional sought the discharge of three convicts on bail.
The replica of Sharif's attraction, seen through the PTI, shows that he argued that the prosecution had not given any proof or presented any witness all the way through the trial to end up that Avenfield homes had been owned through him.
A attraction was also filed towards accomplishing the lawsuits of the remainder two corruption cases throughout the Adiala prison premises.
A separate attraction was filed to request the transfer of the case to some other accountability courtroom because the defence counsel argued that Judge Mohammad Bashir of the accountability courtroom had already made public his opinion on more than one sides of the case. The identical attraction have been filed earlier and had been prompt through the courtroom to pursue the subject within the related high courtroom.
The Islamabad Accountability Court had sentenced Sharif to a total of 10 years in jail and imposed a positive of eight million kilos ($10 million) within the corruption case. His daughter Maryam was sentenced to seven years in jail along side a 2 million kilos ($2.6 million) positive.
In addition, Sharif's son-in-law Captain (retired) Safdar was given a one-year sentence with none positive.
They had been also disqualified to contest election or to carry public place of work for a duration of 10 years.
Maryam's felony counsel Amjad Pervaiz mentioned that the accountability courtroom's verdict within the Avenfield case was not in compliance with the law.
"The accountability court's verdict is in contradiction with the law and declaring it void would serve justice," Pervaiz stated.
"Our case is very strong and on merit. We are right and we hope to get some relief," he stated.
Maryam's attraction was drafted on Saturday, on the other hand, her felony counsels who had been in Adiala Jail to get the power of attorney signed through their client had been unable to report the petition ahead of the courtroom hours ended.
On July 6, after 4 extensions within the unique six-month deadline to conclude all three cases, the courtroom introduced its verdict within the Avenfield case.
Nawaz and his sons, Hussain and Hasan, are accused in all three corruption cases whereas Maryam and Safdar are accused within the Avenfield case only.
Sharif, 68, and his daughter Maryam, 44, had been arrested in Lahore on July 13 on their arrival from London after an accountability courtroom found them in charge over his circle of relatives's possession of four luxury residences in London. They had been later taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Sharif's son-in-law, Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, who was arrested on July eight, may be lodged in the same Adiala Jail.
Seven separate appeals had been filed within the Islamabad High Court through the 3 convicts' lawyers - three on behalf of Sharif, and two each on behalf of Maryam and Safdar - on the corruption cases towards them.
Hours after the 3 filed separate appeals via their counsels, Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Anwar Khan Kasi constituted a two-member bench to listen to the appeals.
The bench come with Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who are the junior maximum judges out of 5 IHC judges.
The courtroom also listed on its web page the listening to of appeals as pressing and set the next day to come the date for listening to.
Legally the manager justice is empowered to arrange a bench but necessary cases are incessantly assigned to senior judges.
Today was the last day of submitting appeals as below law the convicts can report appeals within 10 days of conviction through an accountability courtroom.
The attraction highlighted the felony flaws within the Avenfield verdict and pleaded to nullify the Islamabad Accountability Court's verdict. Moreover, it (the attraction) additional sought the discharge of three convicts on bail.
The replica of Sharif's attraction, seen through the PTI, shows that he argued that the prosecution had not given any proof or presented any witness all the way through the trial to end up that Avenfield homes had been owned through him.
A attraction was also filed towards accomplishing the lawsuits of the remainder two corruption cases throughout the Adiala prison premises.
A separate attraction was filed to request the transfer of the case to some other accountability courtroom because the defence counsel argued that Judge Mohammad Bashir of the accountability courtroom had already made public his opinion on more than one sides of the case. The identical attraction have been filed earlier and had been prompt through the courtroom to pursue the subject within the related high courtroom.
The Islamabad Accountability Court had sentenced Sharif to a total of 10 years in jail and imposed a positive of eight million kilos ($10 million) within the corruption case. His daughter Maryam was sentenced to seven years in jail along side a 2 million kilos ($2.6 million) positive.
In addition, Sharif's son-in-law Captain (retired) Safdar was given a one-year sentence with none positive.
They had been also disqualified to contest election or to carry public place of work for a duration of 10 years.
Maryam's felony counsel Amjad Pervaiz mentioned that the accountability courtroom's verdict within the Avenfield case was not in compliance with the law.
"The accountability court's verdict is in contradiction with the law and declaring it void would serve justice," Pervaiz stated.
"Our case is very strong and on merit. We are right and we hope to get some relief," he stated.
Maryam's attraction was drafted on Saturday, on the other hand, her felony counsels who had been in Adiala Jail to get the power of attorney signed through their client had been unable to report the petition ahead of the courtroom hours ended.
On July 6, after 4 extensions within the unique six-month deadline to conclude all three cases, the courtroom introduced its verdict within the Avenfield case.
Nawaz and his sons, Hussain and Hasan, are accused in all three corruption cases whereas Maryam and Safdar are accused within the Avenfield case only.
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