ISLAMABAD – Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gets yet another blow fromthe Accountability Court today. Accountability Court was due to announceit’s verdict over recording statements of the British Witnesses in theAvenfield Apartments case.
Court has allowed to record the witnesses statements through the video linkthereby fast tracking the corruption case against the Sharif family
Earlier the hearing of supplementary references in Avenfield case startedin Accountability Court today. Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the case.
NAB prosecutor, Sardar Muzaffar started the arguments regarding recordingof statements of two foreign witnesses in the case. He told the court thatwitnesses are hesitant in coming to Pakistan due to security concerns.
He requested the court to allow witnesses to record their statementsthrough video link. ‘The witnesses are from England and has shown hesitancein coming to Pakistan,’ he said.
The NAB prosecutor further told the court law allows a witness to recordhis statement in this manner as there is clear difference between witnessand suspect.
‘Furthermore, as they are foreigners it may take time in bringing them toPakistan and government will have to bear the costs,’ he said.