Islamabad: Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court on Tuesday issued notice to National Accountability Court (NAB) and summoned record of Avenfield case over the appeals of Sharif family challenging their conviction by an accountability court.
A two-member division bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani and Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb conducted hearing over the appeals.
During the hearing, Maryam Nawaz’s lawyer argued that Calibri font was termed fake in the verdict while Robert Readley had admitted that the font was available before 2016. He said that the interview CDs were submitted in the court, but were not heard completely by the judges. The court summoned the investigation officer of NAB and adjourned the hearing till last week of July.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Mohammed Safdar were convicted and sentenced to prison in absentia for 10 years, seven years and one year respectively, in Avenfield verdict.
