LHC bench hearing petition against Avenfield verdict dissolved
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LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) constituted to hear a petition challenging the Avenfield property reference verdict, got dissolved on Wednesday after its head refused to hear the case.
Following Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza's refusal, the matter was referred to the LHC chief justice for formation of a new bench. Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi and Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem were other members of the bench.
Lawyers Foundation for Justice had filed the petition through AK Dogar Advocate submitting that the NAB Ordinance had become non-existent as it expired in 2010 after passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment and no case could be proceeded under the ordinance.
He submitted that former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was convicted by an accountability court which had no jurisdiction as the NAB Ordinance no longer existed. He pleaded the court to suspend the operation of the Avenfield verdict.
It is pertinent to mention here that the accountability court in its judgment on Avenfield reference had sentenced Nawaz Sharif to 10 years imprisonment with fine of 8 million pounds, his daughter Maryam to eight years imprisonment with fine of 2 million pounds and son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar to one-year sentence.
AFP
