Islamabad (Staff Report): The accountability court on Friday indicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif indicted in Flagship Companies Ltd reference.
AC judge Mohammad Bashir conducted the hearing of one of the three references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) following the orders of the Supreme Court issued in the July 28 Panamagate verdict.
Zafir Khan appeared before the court as legal representative of the former premier, who is in London to visit his ailing wife, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.
The judge read the charges in the presence of the pleader, besides declaring the ex-PM’s sons – Hassan and Hussain Nawaz – proclaimed offender in the Flagship reference as they failed to show up in the court. The court had also declared them absconder during Oct 9 hearing of the references.
According to charge sheet, Nawaz Sharif remained chairman of Capital FZE, a company owned by his son, during 2007 to 2014. It is the same company on which the Supreme Court had disqualified the former premier for having association, which was not declared in nomination papers.
It adds Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were under the guardianship of Nawaz during 1989-90 when benami properties were purchased in their names.
However, Khan denied the allegations pleading not guilty and vowed to face the trial in the case.
The trial in the case will be started from October 26, while the court has summoned prosecution witness Jahangir Ahmad, an Inland Revenue officer, for recording his statement.
