Nawaz Sharif got bail in Avenfield and Al-Azizia reference

After the Accountability Court of Islamabad granted bail in the Tosha Khana case, the High Court also extended the bail granted to Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia reference till October 26.

A two-member special bench comprising Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb of the Islamabad High Court heard the petitions filed for reviving Nawaz Sharif’s appeal against the conviction in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references.

Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer, Azam Nazir Tard, giving arguments, said that the accountability court has withdrawn Nawaz Sharif’s warrant in the Toshakhana case and has granted bail in exchange for the miscreants.

Chief Justice Islamabad High Court said that we have two separate petitions, both of which are related to reopening appeals against conviction and we have to issue notices on them.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that in order to revive the petitions, it is necessary that the petitioner give the reason why he was absent from the court.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb talking to Azam Nazir Tard said that we just want to follow the law, you are an expert in this, to which Azam Nazir Tard said that we learn from you, you have made so many landmark decisions. are given

Chief Justice Aamir Farooq said that Article 10-A has its own place but the reasons for absence from the court must be given. Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that you have to prove that your absence is deliberate or malicious. was not

Azam Nazir Tard said that the Lahore High Court had allowed Nawaz Sharif to go out on the report of the Medical Board, on which the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court said that he had done something wrong in this matter. I was pending.

Chief Justice Aamir Farooq asked the lawyer that if any other High Court allows it to go out, can it happen? Do it.

Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that this is not a matter of routine, it is a matter of show cause. .

Azam Nazir Tard said that you should extend our security guarantee so that we can come with more preparedness.

Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that he asked the Prosecutor General NAB what do you say in this regard, to which the NAB prosecutor replied that we have read the applications regarding the revival of appeals and we have no objection to these applications.

Prosecutor General NAB said that if the security bail is extended, then we have no objection, on which Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb remarked that it is the same NAB, on which laughter was raised in the court.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that I am back in these cases after 5 years, I am trying to understand after 5 years, is this the same NAB, is NAB saying that the charges of corrupt practices should remain but the accused Leave it.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that we will ask the Chairman NAB why you are wasting public time, Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that if you do not oppose, then why does NAB not withdraw the references.

Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Azam Nazir Tarar gave references to various court decisions at that time.

The court told the prosecutor that while fulfilling the requirements of Sharia, they ask again if they want to arrest Nawaz Sharif, there is any objection to the bail extension, to which the NAB prosecutor replied that they do not want to arrest him.

There was a dialogue between Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb and Prosecutor General NAB and asked him to take a clear position, this is very very bad for your institution, tell us your clear position on the next hearing.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb told the prosecutor that if you want, let us know your position tomorrow in a sealed envelope.

Azam Nazir Tard said that time will be given a little more, on which Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that do not hang the matter.

The Islamabad High Court has issued a notice to the NAB on the petitions to revive the pleas against Nawaz Sharif’s sentence and adjourned it till Thursday, October 26.

The court also extended the security bail of the leader of Muslim League (N) Nawaz Sharif till Thursday.

the background

It should be noted that on October 19, the Islamabad High Court had granted Nawaz Sharif’s application for protective bail in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references and prevented him from being arrested.

Later on October 21, Nawaz Sharif on his return to Islamabad International Airport signed petitions to revive pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia references.

It should be remembered that Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in 2018 in the Al-Azizia Mills and Avonfield corruption cases, in the Al-Azizia Mills reference, he was imprisoned in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail for 7 years, but after some time he was sent to London on medical grounds. Permission was granted.

Nawaz Sharif had left for London for treatment in November 2019 after ill health in jail but he has not returned to Pakistan yet while several cases against him are pending in Pakistan.

Before Nawaz Sharif’s departure to London, Shahbaz Sharif filed an application in the Lahore High Court and assured that he will return to Pakistan after 4 weeks or after his doctor confirms his recovery.

Later, in August last year, Nawaz Sharif filed an application in the Immigration Tribunal against the British Home Department’s refusal to allow him to extend his stay in the country on ‘medical grounds’.

Until the tribunal gives its decision on Nawaz Sharif’s request, Nawaz Sharif can stay legally in the UK. His passport had expired in February 2021, but he was issued a passport after the PDM coalition government was formed. was

It should be remembered that in 2020, the Accountability Court of Islamabad indicted former President Asif Ali Zardari, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Abdul Ghani Majeed and Anwar Majeed in the Tosha Khana reference, while declaring former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as an advertisement.