Avonfield and Azizia reference against Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the summoning of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif through advertisements in Azizia and Avonfield references.
The court said that if Nawaz Sharif did not surrender before the court within 30 days of its publication, he would be declared an advertiser.
According to correspondent Shehzad Malik, the court has directed the government to bear the cost of the advertisement and after recording the statements of three officers involved in the execution of warrants as witnesses, the court has ordered the release of the advertisement.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Amir Farooq of the Islamabad High Court heard Nawaz Sharif's appeals, in which Dildar Ali Abro, First Secretary, Pakistan High Commission, London and Rao Abdul Hanan, Consul Attachشی Mubashir Khan appeared before the court and recorded his statements.
The diary register of documents received by the Foreign Office for the receipt of Nawaz Sharif's warrants and sent to the Pakistan High Commission in London and the documents received from the Foreign Office from the High Commission was presented before the court as evidence.
Dildar Ali Abro, first secretary of the Pakistan High Commission in London, said in a statement that Waqar Ahmed, secretary to Nawaz Sharif's son, had called him and said he would receive an arrest warrant for Nawaz Sharif.
According to Dildar Ali Abro, it was later agreed with Waqar Ahmed that he would receive the warrants at 11 a.m. on September 23, but on the scheduled date at 10:20 a.m. UK time, Waqar Ahmed called and issued warrants. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Rao Abdul Hanan, Consul General of Pakistan High Commission in London, said in a statement that he went to Nawaz Sharif's residence at 6.35 pm on September 17 to comply with the non-bailable arrest warrant, but Nawaz Sharif's personal servant Muhammad Yaqub Refused to receive arrest warrant.
NAB Prosecutor Jahanzeb Bharwana said that the evidence has been recorded and Nawaz Sharif deliberately did not receive warrants and if the court is satisfied then Nawaz Sharif should be declared a fugitive.
The court questioned who would bear the cost if the advertisements were to be issued, to which the NAB prosecutor said that the costs of the advertisements would be borne by the state.
The NAB prosecutor further said that Nawaz Sharif would be wanted in English and Urdu newspapers and some of these newspapers are also published from UK.
The court directed the Additional Attorney General to submit the expenses of the newspaper advertisement to the court within two days.
The court further said that if Nawaz Sharif did not appear within 30 days of the publication of the advertisement, he would be declared an advertisement.
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