IHC gives more time to Nawaz Sharif s lawyer
Seeks Tarar s assistance in how to proceed further on appeal of his client with ex-PM abroad
IHC. PHOTO: Islamabad High Court website
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday gave more time to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer to assist it in how to proceed further with his client s appeal against the Avenfield case judgment as he was abroad.
A two-judge bench of the IHC, comprising Justices Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, heard the appeals of Sharif, his daughter PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and her husband, Capt (retd) Safdar Awan against their conviction in the Avenfield reference.
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IHC directed senior lawyer and PML-N Senator Azam Nazir Tarar to assist it in dealing with ex-PM Sharif's pleas against the verdicts issued in the graft cases.
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Pakistan has only one opposition alliance and that s the Pakistan Democratic Movement, PML-N Vice-president Maryam Nawaz said.
Speaking to media outside the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, she said that the alliance was supposed to meet after Eid. A meeting will be held soon where future strategies will be discussed.
Earlier in the day, PDM Secretary General Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that he will resign if the Pakistan Peoples Party rejoins the alliance. Maryam said that Abbasi s statement was the narrative of both the PML-N and PDM.