A special division bench of the Islamabad High Court restored on Thursday former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s appeals against his conviction in Al-Azizia Mills and Avenfield references.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Amir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb heard the pleas.
The court decision would allow Sharif to contest his sentences in the appeals, which have been pending since his convictions in two corruption cases after his ouster as premier in 2017.
Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz and party leader Marriyum Aurangzeb arrived at the court.
The hearing on the security bail request of Nawaz was also heard. His protective bail was extended on October 24 till Thursday. The bench heard all the petitions together.
The NAB prosecutor general came to the rostrum and said that there was scope for withdrawing the reference only if the decision had not been delivered. “We have studied the facts and law of both the appeals.”
