Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister on Monday appeared again before an accountability court hearing two graft cases against him and his family.
The 68-year-old PMl-N leader appeared before the Islamabad-based court for hearing in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and the Hill Metal Establishment cases.
Sharif, along with his daughter Maryam, 44 and his son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar, 54, are already serving jail terms of 10-years, seven years and one year respectively in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, after the accountability court convicted them on July 6 over the family’s ownership of four luxury flats in london through illegal means.
Sharif was brought from the high-security Adiala jail in Rawalpindi amid tight security to the Islamabad-based accountability court for hearing of the corruption cases.
Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Haris asked the court that the verdict in both cases should be issued simultaneously which was accepted by the court.
The prosecution also presented that last witness in the Al Azizia Steel case, who provided details of several transactions in bank accounts of the Sharifs. later, the court adjourned hearing till August 27.