ISLAMABAD – Verdict in the Avenfield corruption reference against Shariffamily was deferred for the fourth time on Friday till 3:30pm.
Accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir begun proceedings of the case.He dismissed the petition of Sharif family requesting to defer the verdictin the case for seven days citing Kulsoom Nawaz’s critical health.
The judge initially maintained that the verdict will be announced at12:30pm but later pushed the time to 2:30pm. At 2:30pm, the reader said theannouncement had been pushed further to 3:00pm. However; when the said timeapproached the verdict was deferred for the fourth time for another half anhour.
Keeping in view the orders of the court, foolproof security arrangementshave been made in and outside the court by the Islamabad administration.Section-144 has been imposed around the Judicial Complex.
There will be a complete ban on the assembly of more than 5 people outsidethe Judicial Complex, while 500 Rangers personnel and 1500 police personnelhave been deputed in and outside the complex.
On the other hand, the security of accountability court judge MuhammadBashir has also been beefed up.