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ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing corruption cases against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family rejected on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed to merge all corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against them.
Accountability court Judge Mohammad Bashir had reserved the verdict on the petition on Tuesday after the complete arguments between the defense and prosecution lawyers.
Earlier, former premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz and son-in law, Captain Safdar appeared before the court to attend the hearing.
The court is also set to take up another petition filed by Maryam Nawaz and MNA Safdar seeking a change in their indictment and in the petition they said that the court has considered the documents as fabricated against the ruling of the Supreme Court in Panama case that directs the lower court to first establish whether fake documents were submitted and then decide the matter.
PML-N senior leaders and federal minister including Talal Chaudhry, Marriyam Aurengzaib, Pervaiz Raashid and others have reached the court to attend the hearing.
Strict security measures have been taken around the federal judicial complex during the hearing. A heavy contingent comprising police and FC troops are deployed around the complex.
At the last hearing on Tuesday, former prime minister, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (rtd) Safdar reached the court together for the first time to attend the hearing.
As per the direction of Islamabad High Court (IHC), Accountability Ccourt Judge Mohammad Bashir took up a petition filed by the former premier Nawaz Sharif to club all references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him.
Nawaz’s counsel, Khawaj Harris and the prosecutors presented their arguments regarding joining all references against Sharif family and the court reserved the decision in the case which was announced on Wednesday (today).
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