ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has turned down petitionschallenging the auction of properties and agriculture land of former primeminister Nawaz Sharif.

The identical petitions had been filed by Muhammad Ashraf Malik, Mian IqbalBarkat and Aslam Aziz through their counsels Qazi Mibah-ul-Hassan Advocateand Muhammad Zain Qazi Advocate.

Declaring the petitions inadmissible, the high court directed thepetitioners to move the relevant authority in this regard.

Last month, an accountability court accepted a petition of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) seeking its permission to auction the seizedproperties of PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The judge ordered the authorities to auction the moveable and immoveableproperties of Nawaz Sharif and deposit the money into the nationalexchequer. NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar Khan Abbasi filedthe petition.

Abbasi stated that the accountability court had declared Sharif aproclaimed offender in the Toshakhana reference. Despite a lapse of sixmonths, the former premier did not surrender himself before the court, headded. Court had declared Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender on August 17and ordered attaching his property on Oct 1.

The seized properties include Hudaibia Paper Mills, Ittefaq Foundry, BakshTextile and Hudaibia Engineering.

Furthermore, the assets of Sharif in Upper Mall Road area, the fish farmbuilt on 110 acres of land, 20 acres of land in Lahore, a bungalow locatedin Murree, Shangla’s house, five luxurious cars registered against the nameof the former prime minister will be auctioned.