SC dismisses NAB appeal to open Hudaibiya Papers Mills reference against Sharifs

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday dismissed National Accountability  Bureau (NAB)'s appeal seeking to open  Hudaibiya Papers  Mills references against the Sharif family.

The Rs1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, involving money laundering charges against the Sharif family, was initiated by the anti-graft body in 2000 after Sharif was eased out of power by General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. The  Lahore High Court (LHC) quashed the case in 2014.  The NAB recently challenged the  LHC decision to  open the reference.

Today a  three judge  bench  of the  apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam Khan rejected the  NAB's plea in a brief  ruling stating that the  detailed  judgment would be given later.

Justice Mzahar Alam Mian and Justice Qazi Faiz Isa were other members of the bench.