The verdict said in Nawaz Sharif’s case unusual circumstances could not be proved and in the light of the Supreme Court’s recent verdicts, the court could not grant him release on bail. Nawaz Sharif has medical treatment facilities available to him. The referred fact cannot be regarded as an ‘extraordinary situation’ and/or case of ‘extreme hardship’.”Challenging the IHC order, the former PM has requested the SC to annul the IHC decision of dismissing his bail. The accountability court on December 24 convicted Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference, and subsequently sentenced him to seven-year-imprisonment while acquitted him in the Flagship reference cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). NAB had filed three cases – Avenfield, Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship references – against the Sharifs in line with the July 28, 2017 verdict of the Supreme Court in Panamagate case.

Source: The Express Tribune March 01, 2019 18:22 UTC