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IHC rejects NAB’s plea to send Al-Azizia reference back to trial court

The Islamabad High Court has rejected the National Accountability Bureau's plea to send the Al-Azizia reference back to the trial court. This decision was made during an appeal against Nawaz Sharif's conviction in the Al-Azizia reference. The court had previously acquitted Sharif in the Avenfield reference. Sharif's lawyer argued in reference to the Panama case and highlighted the failure of NAB to collect evidence against Sharif. The accountability court had awarded jail terms and fines to Sharif in both the Avenfield and Al-Azizia cases, as well as a disqualification from holding public office. However, his sentence in the Al-Azizia reference was suspended on medical grounds by the Lahore High Court, and he was allowed to travel to the UK for medical reasons. Upon his return from the UK, Sharif filed applications to restore his appeals against conviction in both references.

SC to hear Zulfikar Ali Bhutto murder reference on Dec 12

On December 12, a nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, is scheduled to consider the presidential reference regarding a review of the judgment in the murder case of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

NAB files reference in £190 million settlement case

ISLAMABAD: On Friday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) formally implicated former Prime Minister Imran Khan as an accused in the £190 million settlement case by filing a reference. A total of eight individuals have been named in the case, including Imran's wife, Bushra Bibi, her associate Farhat Shahzadi (Farah Gogi), PTI leader Zulfi Bukhari, former accountability chief Shahzad Akbar, and Barrister Zia-ul-Mustafa Naseem.