F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected the petition filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for early hearing for his plea seeking suspension of sentence on medical grounds in Al-Azizia reference, on Monday.
According to details, Nawaz Sharif had filed a petition in the Supreme Court to fix hearing of the petition on March 6 owing to his health condition.
The top court rejected the plea and the petitioner was asked to wait for his turn until the SC fixed hearing on the petition seeking suspension of sentence on medical grounds.
On March 1, Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had challenged the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) verdict on his petition seeking bail on medical grounds, ARY News reported.
Federation, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the accountability court judge and the superintendent jail had been made parties in the case.
The petition said that the petitioner has been imprisoned and suffering from serious health problems, for which several medical tests were conducted.
The high court on Feb 25 had rejected Sharif’s plea seeking suspension of sentence in Al-Azizia reference on medical grounds and later he was taken back to Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail.
