*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf has responded over the IslamabadHigh Court decision in the Avenfield properties case.*

*Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Faisal Javed Khan says one mustunderstand that the court suspended jail sentence of Sharifs, not cancelledit.*

Khan said Nawaz Sharif and his jailed family members remain convicts andplunderers of national wealth. “They are guilty, and their convictioncharges are still intact,” asserted the PTI leader.

He added that the court decision was mere suspension of the imprisonmentthey were facing, and it’s not cancellation of the sentence given to theSharifs.

“The ultimate destination of Sharifs is Adiala Jail as more verdicts indifferent cases are yet to come,” said the PTI leader.

He insisted that the Sharifs failed to proved themselves in the court, “andthat was reason they were imprisoned by the court”.To a question, he saidthe PTI government couldn’t interfere in proceedings in the case byNational Accountability Bureau or any other institution.

As an interim relief, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) today suspended theconviction of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawazand son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar in the Avenfield properties case.

A division bench comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice MiangulHassan Aurangzeb suspended their sentence through a short verdict.

The bench ordered release of the incarcerated members of the Sharif familyagainst a surety of Rs 500,000 each.