ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday referred former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s review plea against the accountability court verdict in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills to IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Amer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani recommended a division bench to hear Nawaz’s request to submit new evidence.
The formal premier filed the appeal following the video scandal pertaining to accountability court judge Arshad Malik.
The next hearing will be after courts resume in January.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo is currently in London receiving medical treatment for various ailments. He flew to the British capital after the Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the federal government to remove his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) for four weeks.
Prior to that, Nawaz was granted eight-week bail on medical grounds by the Islamabad High Court on October 27.
Nawaz was sentenced seven-year imprisonment and fined Rs1.5billion and $25 million by accountability judge Arshad Malik in the Al-Azizia reference. He was also disqualified from holding public office for 10 years. He was, however, acquitted in the Flagship reference.
