ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court has set September 18 as hearing dayfor a petition filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif againstconviction in the Al-Azizia reference.
The Islamabad High Court would also hear the National AccountabilityBureau’s (NAB) plea against his [Nawaz] acquittal in the Flagship referenceon the same day.
An IHC division bench comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice MohsinAkhtar Kayani would conduct the hearings in the case.
The schedule of hearings comes a day after accountability court JudgeArshad Malik was removed over a video scandal that shocked the powercorridors.
Malik’s services were returned to the Lahore High Court after the IHCrequested his removal over a controversial video shared by Pakistan MuslimLeague Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz.
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The video shows the judge purportedly admitting to having been blackmailedinto convicting the three-time former prime minister; the judge alsoclaimed that he was offered bribe by Hussain Nawaz in an affidavitsubmitted to the IHC.
In December 2018, judge Arshad Malik convicted Nawaz Sharif in theAl-Azizia reference and acquitted him in the Flagship reference.
The former premier was sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment in theAl-Azizia reference.
