ISLAMABAD
The legal team of PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has told the court that they have not yet been provided a copy of the Volume X, a part of the report of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) set up by the Supreme Court to probe Panama Leaks.
The development came during the hearing of Nawaz Sharif’s appeals against his conviction in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia references by a two-judge IHC bench led by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb.
The former premier and the PML-N leader was in the courtroom when his legal team started to submit their arguments. After hearing arguments by the ML-N lawyer, the Islamabad High Court adjourned the case till November 29 (Wednesday).
At the outset of the hearing, Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Amjad Pervaiz presented a brief note detailing facts about the case in the court. During previous hearing, the High Court sought arguments from the lawyers on Nawaz’s appeal in the Avenfield reference.
Lawyer Amjad Pervaiz told the court that he needed 4 to 6 hours to complete his arguments in the case while the NAB said that it needed only half an hour to complete its arguments in the Avenfleld reference.
In July 2018, Nawaz Sharif was sentenced 10 years in jail in the Avenfield properties corruption reference for owning assets beyond known income and one year for not cooperating with the National
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