ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Prosecutor GeneralSardar Muzaffar has revealed a surprise condition for release of PMLNfounder Nawaz Sharif.
He said that former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)supremo Nawaz Sharif would be released once Hussain Nawaz appear before theanti-graft watchdog and say he bought the London properties.
Islamabad High Court (IHC) took up the case pertaining to transfer ofreferences against Nawaz Sahrif to another court.
During the proceedngs, NAB deputty prosecutor general asked the court tokeep Al-Azizia and Flagship References in accountabilty court judgeMuhammad Bashir’s court and said that that all three refrences againstSharif family were not of same nature.
He said that the accused hadn’t challeneged the High Court’s verdict ontheir petition to club all three references in the Supreme Court, addingthat the witnesses and cross-examination was in final phase.
The deputy prosecutor general said that the accused had not presentedanything in their defense in Avenfield reference, then how coould it affectother cases.
Giving his remarks, Justice Mian Gull Aurangzeb said that it woould be likeaxing their own feet if the accused failed to present anything in theirdefense.
Sardar Muzaffar said that Nawaz Sharif would be released once his sonHussain Nawaz come and say he purchased the properties in London, addingthat the accused had an option of getting the Qatari Prince’s statementrecorded.