Where, when and what to reference Avenfield | Pakistan

The 10-hour wait ended at the Liability Court in Islamabad on Friday with the conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, daughter Maryam Nawaz and son Captain (ret) Safdar in reference Avenfield

"Trial Court sentenced Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz – order to put Nawaz ten years and Maryam for seven years in prison – that is a victory for us [NAB] ", announced the Attorney General of the supervision of the corruption at 16:29

Following the verdict of the responsibility, Maryam Nawaz and the captain (retd) Safdar will not be allowed to stand for the elections , while Nawaz Sharif has already been disqualified for life

Journalists were not allowed inside the court of responsibility when the judgment was read without anyone knowing for Hundreds of people, including members of the media who were waiting to hear the judgment, did not see any leader of the Pakistan Muslim-Nawaz League (PML-N) outside the trial court.

"The conviction of Nawaz Sharif and One expects his daughter to have a profound impact on the outcome of the election, but it is not immediately clear if the PML-N would lose ground or he would benefit from a wave of sympathy, "said a local lawyer

. It took more than two years for things to happen since the Panama Papers leaked in April 2016. It all started when the Sharifs were named in Panama Papers by an international firm based in the country. Shortly after, the Supreme Court of Pakistan was approached the third week of April 2016 and then disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 28, 2018. The apex court through the National Court of accountability sent the Sharif family's case to the court for further investigation into their alleged misappropriation of funds. The Avenfield Flats case, lasting 298 days, was finally judged on July 6, 1818.

The case saw large amounts of data, 16,000 pages, submitted to the Court of Justice Judge Mohammad Bashir with about 600 hours of arguments presented by the lawyers. Judge Mohammad Bashir had been conducting proceedings since September 8 last year, when the NAB filed three references to corruption against the Sharif family and one against the finance company. Minister Ishaq Dar in the light of the verdict of the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case

The Court of Auditors held 107 hearings while the Supervisory Committee spent 273 days with judges devoting 150 hours in 50 hearings of the Panama case. Three of the five defendants in total appeared before the trial, while Nawaz Sharif Hbadan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz's sons were reported to have escaped.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared 78 times, Maryam Nawaz made 80 appearances while Captain Safdar appeared 92 times before court. Nawaz Sharif spent more than 370 hours in the trial court and her daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif spent almost the same time in the same courtroom. Interestingly, all of these five defendants did not appear before the trial court in the Panama Papers case. But the petitioner, Pakistan's President Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, Muslim League leader Awami, Sheikh Rashid, and Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq spent more than 100 hours together in the courtyard. supreme. Interestingly, the advice of both parties, Naeem Bokhari and Makhdoom Ali Khan, in particular, took more than 70 hours to conclude their arguments in the Panama case. Imran Khan attended 32 proceedings, where he spent 93 hours in Trial Room I and II of the Supreme Court.

The judge of the Court reported on the statements of 18 witnesses where Sharifs Khawaja Haris' and Amjad Pervez's principal counsel presented their case to the trial court. Wajid Zia, head of the joint investigation team, and Robert Radley, forensic expert based in the UK, were key witnesses.