ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) acquitted former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif in Avenfield Apartments reference.
The court also dismissed the National Accountability Bureau’s appeal in the Flagship reference as the anti-graft body withdrew it. The Accountability Court on December 24, 2018, had acquitted Nawaz Sharif in the Flagship reference.
An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb on Wednesday announced the verdict on Nawaz’s plea to overturn his conviction in the graft case, after hearing the arguments.
Talking to reporters outside the Supreme Court after his legal victory, Nawaz Sharif said: “I had left it up to Allah. In Al-Azizia [Steel Mills corruption reference] too, I’ve left my matters up to Allah.”
On July 6, 2018, the trial court sentenced Nawaz to 10 years in jail upon conviction along with a £8 million fine (approximately Rs1.3 billion),…