An accountability court in Islamabad today indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the reference related to Flagship Investments and other offshore companies.
According to DawnNews, the court charged Sharif in absentia for holding assets beyond his known sources of income, and read out a charge-sheet to his pleader, Zafir Khan.
Khan pleaded not guilty on behalf of Sharif, who is currently in London tending to his ailing wife. Nawaz’s sons Hussain and Hasan are also accused in the case and have been declared proclaimed offenders as they have not shown up for any hearing.
The court is conducting the hearing of three references filed by National Accountability Bureau in light of the Supreme Court directions in the July 28 Panama Papers case judgment.
Source: AIR