RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Saturday, acting on a stay order from the Lahore High Court (LHC), adjourned until September 29 the hearing in the revival of corruption references, filed against Nawaz Sharif.
The Rawalpindi accountability court was hearing the case for reopening the three references– Hudabiya Paper Mills, Ittefaq Foundaries and Raiwind assets—in which the Pakistan Muslim League—Nawaz chief, his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and other family members are also allegedly involved.
During Saturday hearing, the counsel for the Sharif brothers appealed to the court that the high court had ordered an injunction on further proceedings.
The court also accepted an application by Advocated Khawaja Harris Ahmed to represent the petitioners in place of Advocate Akram Sheikh.
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