Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz has arrived at an accountability court in Islamabad for the first trial hearing in the corruption reference against her, her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar and Sharif.
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz has arrived at an accountability court in Islamabad for the first trial hearing in the corruption reference against her, her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar and Sharif.
The court had indicted the three on October 19 in connection with a reference pertaining to the Avenfield flats filed against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
All three accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were named co-accused in the charge sheet in the references.
Capt Safdar arrived at the court before Maryam, who made her way to the court directly after arriving in Islamabad from Lahore.
Sharif, who has also been indicted in two other references, is unlikely to appear in court today.
NAB references
A five-member bench of the Supreme Court on July 28 had directed NAB to file references against Nawaz and his children in six weeks in the accountability court and directed the trial court to decide the references within six months.
The Supreme Court also assigned Justice Ijazul Ahsan a supervisory role to monitor the progress of the accountability court proceedings.
The former premier and his sons, Hassan and Hussain, have been named in all three NAB references, while Maryam and husband Safdar have been named only in the Avenfield reference.
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Source:Dawn
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