Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Nawaz, Maryam appear before accountability court for graft hearing

Nawaz Sharif Maryam

ISLAMABAD: Former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired Captain Safdar on Tuesday appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad in connection with hearing of the Avenfield reference.

Judge Muhammad Bashir will continue recording statement of star witness Wajid Zia, the head of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), in the case. After which, he will be cross-examined by the lawyers representing the Sharif family.

Last Thursday,  the court rejected a request by the former premier and his daughter for exemption from personal appearance for seven days.

The former premier and his daughter filed the application requesting the accountability judge to grant them exemption from personal appearance for seven days starting from March 26 so that they could travel to London to see his wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is battling cancer.

In their absence, the application said, Ali Aemal will represent Sharif while Maryam will be represented by Jahangir Jadoon.

Earlier, Judge Muhammad Bashir disposed of an application seeking to determine to what extent the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) can be exhibited as admissible.

Khawaja Haris requested the court to restrict witness Wajid Zia only to relevant portions of the report.

The judge allowed the witness to record his statement on his own and declared that admissibility of evidence would be decided at the time of the final verdict.

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