ISLAMABAD – Former Punjab CM and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)president Shehbaz Sharif on Monday thanked Allah Almighty for the SupremeCourt’s verdict of rejecting the appeal filed by the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) challenging the Islamabad High Court decisionto grant bail to Sharif family in the Avenfield reference.
While reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict, Shehbaz Sharif said that healso hopes to get justice in Al-Azizia reference.
The Leader of Opposition in National Assembly said that his party wouldconsider supporting an extension in military courts , if approached by thePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government.
Earlier, the apex court had dismissed the NAB s appeal against thesuspension of the jail sentences of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif andhis family in the Avenfield corruption case.
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In July 2018, an accountability court in Islamabad handed Sharif 10 yearsas jail time for owning assets beyond known income and 1 year for notcooperating with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).