Sharif family NAB references: Jutice Ijaz ul Ahsen appointed monitoring judge

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan to oversee proceedings of NAB references against the Sharif family as asked by the five-member bench in Panama verdict on 28th July.

The apex court in its Panama case judgement had disqualified Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister and directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file references against Nawaz Sharif, his children, son-in-law, Ishaq Dar and others in the accountability courts and asked the chief justice to nominate a judge to supervise the matter.

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“The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan is requested to nominate an Hon’ble Judge of this Court to supervise and monitor implementation of this judgment in letter and spirit and oversee the proceedings conducted by the NAB and the Accountability Court in the above matters,” read the final order.

Justice Ijaz was also the member of the SC bench which heard the identical petitions filed by PTI Chief Imran Khan, Jamat-e-Islami Ameer Siraj-ul-Haq and AML chief Sheikh Rashid against offshore assets of Sharif family.

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The SC directed the NAB to file references within six weeks from the date of this judgment, adding that the ‘Accountability Court shall proceed with and decide the aforesaid References within a period of six months from the date of filing such References’.

Following the court order, the NAB has decided to file four references.

The decision to file the references was taken in the meeting of the NAB Executive Board, which was held on Monday under its Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry. It was decided to file four references in the accountability courts of Islamabad/ Rawalpndi in the stipulated time period of six weeks from the date of judgement.