PML-N likely to challenge Nawaz Sharif's sentence in Avenfield reference

ISLAMABAD: A session of the PML-N has decided to challenge sentence to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield reference in the Islamabad High Court (IHC),says in media reports.

A session of the party, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has
decided to challenge the sentence to Nawaz Sharif in accountability
reference in the IHC after acquittal of Maryam Nawaz by the high court.

According to sources, Maryam Nawaz will return from London before arrival of
the PML-N supremo. Nawaz Sharif's return will be announced in a statement
from London, sources said. "He is expected to return back to Pakistan in
January," sources added.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had acquitted PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and
her spouse Captain retired Safdar on September 29, by nullifying the
sentence awarded by an accountability court in the Avenfield reference.