ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) acquitted on Thursday Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz and Captain Safdar (retired) in the Avenfield case.
A division bench of Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard the appeals today. Justice Farooq said no document had been presented so far that could be linked to the properties of Maryam and Nawaz Sharif.
On July 6, 2018, Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir had convicted Nawaz Sharif, Maryam and Safdar in the Avenfield Apartment case and given them a prison terms of ten years, seven years, and one year, respectively. The court had later suspended their sentences.
Earlier, the court had asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor to prove through evidence that Maryam aided and abetted her father Nawaz Sharif in acquiring the Avenfield properties in London in 1993 or 2006 when the trust deed was signed.
The IHC bench also asked the NAB Special Prosecutor, Usman Cheema, to prove through evidence that these properties were acquired by Nawaz Sharif in the 1990s.
He further said that if the NAB could not prove the case against the principle accused Nawaz Sharif then there would be no significance of the charges of aiding and abetting.