Nawaz had earlier petitioned the apex court regarding the clubbing of the corruption references, but the petition was rejected by the SC registrar. The Federation of Pakistan, NAB, the accountability court, Nawaz’s children Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, and his son-in-law Captain Safdar have all been named respondents in the appeal. Nawaz had initially requested the court to club the three corruption references into one case, but his lawyer had later asked the court to club at least two of these references. Earlier, the accountability court had rejected Nawaz’s repeated requests to club the references, after which the former premier petitioned the IHC for the same. The references had been filed on directives given by the Supreme Court in Panama Papers case verdict.

Source: Pakistan Today December 02, 2017 10:17 UTC