ISLAMABAD: Registrar office of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday admitted appeals of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), wherein it challenged the accountability court verdicts in the Al-Azizia and Flagship references cases against members of the Sharif family. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was convicted by the accountability court in the Al-Azizia reference case and awarded seven years imprisonment besides a fine of Rs1.5 billion; however, he was acquitted in the Flagship reference. The registrar office had earlier returned NAB’s requests after raising objections. In its appeal against the Al-Azizia verdict, the anti-graft body seeks an increase in Nawaz Sharif’s imprisonment sentence. The registrar office had returned the former premier’s request citing reservations.

Source: Pakistan Today January 04, 2019 17:25 UTC