ISLAMABAD – Former PM Nawaz Sharif makes yet another move to get bail inthe Al Azizya Reference.
Nawaz Sharif has filed a bail petition in the Al-Azizia reference case inthe Islamabad High Court (IHC) on the basis of his medical report, onSaturday.
According to reports, the petition has sought bail and suspension of NawazSharif’s sentence with a reasoning that he has been suffering from a heartdisease.
His medical report has also been submitted with the petition.
Earlier on December 24, the accountability court on December 24 convictedSharif in the Al-Azizia reference and sentenced him to seven years inprison, and acquitted him in the Flagship reference case filed by theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Mega corruption scandal.
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Contrarily, the NAB has also filed two appeals in the IHC, the first hassought an extension in Sharif’s sentence from seven to 14 years, and theother has challenged his acquittal in the Flagship Investment reference.
In the 131-page judgement written by the accountability court judge ArshadMalik, reasons of his conviction were mentioned. It said that theprosecution has successfully established all the ingredients of the offenceof corruption committed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and that hehas failed to provide legal money trail of his assets.
Later, Sharif was arrested from the premises of the accountability court.
