ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the NationalAccountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal against the suspension of sentenceshanded to Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz — in the Avenfieldreference today (Monday).
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmed,Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel heard the case.
NAB had approached the apex court after the Islamabad High Court, onSeptember 19, suspended sentences of former premier Nawaz Sharif, hisdaughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (r) Safdar in the Avenfieldcorruption reference and ordered their release.
The Sharifs had petitioned IHC against the Avenfield verdict, after anaccountability court on July 6 convicted Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar in theAvenfield properties reference and sentenced them to 11 years, eight yearsand one year, respectively, in prison.
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The Sharif family had filed appeals for the Avenfield verdict to beoverturned on July 16.
