ISLAMABAD – The Avenfield reference is one of three corruption referencesfiled against the deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his three children,son-in-law and former finance minister Ishaq Dar in compliance with theSupreme Court verdict in the Panama Papers case last year.
The case is pertaining to the Park Lane apartments (flats 16, 16-A, 17, and17-A Avenfield House, Park Lane, London, United Kingdom) of the Shariffamily and comprises Nawaz Sharif, his three children, and son-in-law Capt(retd) Safdar as the accused.
Ex-PM’s sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz have been declared abscondersin the case.
Prosecution maintains that Sharif family obtained the flats through illegalsources however the charges have been denied by the accused. The familyinsists that the four flats are the ownership of Nawaz’s sons.
The hearing of the case went for nine months and 22 days during whichstatements of at least 22 witnesses were recorded.
Sharif, his sons, daughter, son-in-law Capt (retd) Mohammad Safdar andFinance Minister Ishaq Dar are facing multiple corruption references in theaccountability court.
The Pakistan Supreme Court had, on July 28, disqualified Sharif fromholding the office of the prime minister and asked the NationalAccountability Bureau to file references against the Sharif family inconnection with corruption cases against them.
On the orders of the apex Court, a JIT was formed last year to probe theallegations on the Sharif family.