Nawaz Sharif, daughter declared not responsible in Avenfield properties case

Acquitting Nawaz Sharif within the case, the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom advised the prosecution that there’s room of giving him the advantage of doubt. (Photograph: Reuters)


  • Nawaz Sharif was held responsible in July this yr
  • He was sentenced to 10 years in jail
  • His daughter Maryam Sharif was sentenced to 7 years in jail

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz have been acquitted by the Islamabad Excessive Courtroom within the Avenfield properties case.

On Wednesday, a division bench comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb suspended their sentence.

The courtroom held that regardless of conducting a radical investigation, the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB) “could not convey any proof of Nawaz Sharif’s possession of the Avenfield residences”.

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The courtroom requested the prosecution if it needs the courtroom to consider that he owned the property based mostly on mere assumption, The Daybreak mentioned in a report.

The newspaper reported that the courtroom reminded the prosecutor that “there’s a room of giving the advantage of the doubt to the accused”.

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The courtroom mentioned precedents of the Supreme Courtroom “sure the NAB to comply with sure procedures” with a purpose to shift the burden of proof on accused individuals, the report.

Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and her partner Captain (retd) Safdar, had been convicted by an accountability courtroom within the Avenfield reference case on July 6. Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in jail, whereas Maryam was imprisoned for seven years.

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