ISLAMABAD January 4: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday returned for a second time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s plea for the suspension of his sentence in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference.
On December 24, 2018, Accountability Court II Judge Arshad Malik had sentenced Nawaz to seven years in prison in the Al-Azizia corruption reference and acquitted him in the Flagship reference.
Nawaz had filed a plea in the IHC on January 1 against the sentence handed to him in the Al-Azizia corruption reference. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader had requested the court to suspend the sentence and to release him on bail. However, the IHC registrar had stated that the petition was incomplete and had returned it.
On Thursday, Nawaz filed the plea again after addressing the reservations.
The IHC registrar, however, again raised reservations and returned the plea. The IHC registrar’s office raised reservations as the documents submitted along with the plea were unreadable.
Nawaz’s counsel is expected to address the reservations and submit the plea for a third time.-Agencies
