ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court (AC) of Islamabad Monday granted two more days' exemption to former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz from attending the Avenfield property reference proceedings and directed them to appear before it on Wednesday.
AC Judge Muhammad Bashir conducted the hearing of Avenfield London property reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
As the hearing began, the defence counsel submitted a fresh medical report of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz of June 27, 2018 verified by notary public and requested the court to grant seven more days' extension from hearing to his clients. The court, however, granted only two days' extention.
The medical report was prepared by Cardiac Surgeon David Lawrence, which stated that improvement was witnessed in the heart beat of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, but she was still on the ventilator.
The NAB prosecutor objected over the request for exemption, adopting the stance that as per the medical report, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz was getting better, so the accused should appear before the court.
Maryam Nawaz’s counsel Amjad Perviaz later continued his concluding arguments in the Avenfield property reference on third consecutive day. He stated that the defence side had been rejecting the letters of British Virgin Islands (BV), as Mossak Fonesca had no record about Maryam Nawaz.
He said their was no evidence showing that Maryam had taken any financial benefit from the trust deed of London flats. It was a private agreement between a brother and a sister, he added.
Amjad Perviaz said Hussain Nawaz was the beneficial owner of the property. Maryam Nawaz and her husband Capt (R) Muhammad Safdar were not asked to join investigations carried out by the joint investigation team (JIT) under the orders of Supreme Court of April 20, 2017, he said.
He said no query regarding the trust deed was included in the 13 questions given to JIT by the apex court for investigation. Maryam had no link with letters of Qatri Prince Hammad bin Jasim, he added.
The defence counsel said Robert Radley should have presented his CV while recording his statement. Radley admitted that he was not satisfied with the photocopies of the documents and recognition of font was a separate expertise. Radley did not mention his expertise in that regard in his CV, he added.
Meanwhile, the court also summoned JIT head Wajid Zia in Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference on Tuesday and adjourned the hearing of the case.
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