ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Tuesday filed a petition in Supreme Court (SC) challenging acquittal of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz in NAB corruption cases.
In the petition, filed by PTI Secretary-General Azam Swati, he urged the apex court to declare the acquittal of Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering and Maryam Nawaz in Avenfield case as null and void.
Taking to media outside the court, former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry said that PTI moved apex court after NAB failed to challenge acquittal of PML-N leaders in corruption cases.
On September 29, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz and Captain retired Safdar Awan by nullifying the sentence awarded by an accountability court in the Avenfield reference.
Divisional Bench of the IHC comprising Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani announced the verdict reserved after hearing arguments from both sides. An accountability court on July 6, 2018 handed out seven-year imprisonment to the former premier’s daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif and a fine of £2 million. While her husband Safdar was awarded one year’s jail term.
