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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued notices to National Accountability Bureau (NAB), accountability court, and superintendent Kot Lakhpat jail, on a petition filed by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif seeking bail on medical grounds, on Monday.
According to details, a two-member bench comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar heard the case. The bench also sought report of the medical board that examined Nawaz Sharif.
The plea was filed by Khawaja Haris, the counsel for Nawaz Sharif, in the IHC, citing the deteriorating health of former prime minister.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), accountability court and superintendent of Kot Lakhpat jail were made respondents in the petition.
The former premier pleaded that the court suspends his sentence and grant him bail on health grounds against surety bonds.
Sharif was unable to undergo proper medical examination due to his imprisonment, reads the petition.
Four days ago, the former premier quoted the doctors part of a medical board formed to examine his health as saying that they can’t hospitalise him owing to pressure. The medical reports of Sharif were declared unsatisfactory. He had undergone echo and thallium scan tests at Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), according to reports.
The accountability court judge Muhammad Arshad Malik on Dec 24 sentenced Sharif to seven years in prison in the Al-Azizia reference case.
Already disqualified for holding public office, he was however acquitted of all charges in the Flagship Investment case. The former premier was arrested by a NAB team soon after the verdict was announced.
Whereas on Jan 3, NAB moved two appeals in the IHC, challenging the accountability court verdict in the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references against Sharif.
The anti-graft watchdog had pleaded to increase the sentence awarded to Sharif in the Al-Azizia case and overturn his acquittal in the Flagship reference.
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear Nawaz Sharif’s petition seeking suspension of his sentence in Al-Azizia reference today.
According to details, a two member bench of IHC comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar will hear the case.
Nawaz’s counsel, Khawaja Harris, has submitted a petition in the IHC on Saturday. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), accountability court and superintendent of Kot Lakhpat jail have been made respondents.
In the plea, the former premier requested that the accountability court verdict sentencing him be suspended till a decision is announced on his appeal against the jail term. The sentence in Al-Azizia reference should be suspended and he should be granted bail on medical grounds against surety bond, the petition read.
Along with the petition, a medical report from the hospital dated January 17 has been attached.
A few days earlier, a team of doctors had conducted a medical examination of Nawaz at the Kot Lakhpat jail.
Blood samples of the former premier were sent to Jinnah Hospital and he had been taken to Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) for further tests. Three tests, including echocardiogram (ECG) and Thallium, were conducted of the former premier at PIC and his medical reports showed that his heart was bigger than normal.
Nawaz had earlier also moved the IHC seeking a suspension in the seven-year jail term handed to him in the Al-Azizia reference. His plea has been fixed for hearing on February 18.
