*ISLAMABAD – The Adiala Jail authorities have refused to present NawazSharif before Accountability Court on Friday.*
*Adiala Jail authorities have informed the accountability court that theycan not present former premier Nawaz Sharif before the court tomorrow dueto security risk.*
“Rallies and sit-ins are scheduled for tomorrow which is why we cannotbring Nawaz Sharif to court tomorrow,” the jail authorities told the court.
Under the supervision of accountability court II Judge Mohammad ArshadMalik, the hearing of the Al-Azizia and Flagship cases against the Shariffamily was resumed.
During the hearing, defence counsel Khawaja Harris started questioningPanamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head and prosecution’s starwitness Wajid Zia. But Zia refused to answer few questions saying, “HarrisSb is asking technical questions which I can only answer based on mygeneral knowledge so there can be mistakes,” Wajid Zia told court.
Moreover, Khawaja Harris inquired Zia whether the JIT sought a financialstatement from Saudi authorities of audited accounts of Hill MetalsEstablishment.
“To answer this question, I will have to check the Mutual Legal Assistance(MLA) agreement written with Saudi authorities, which is in volume 10 ofthe report, and I do not have access to it right now,” he said.