Al-Azizia case: IHC reserves verdict on Nawaz’ bail plea
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday reserved its verdict on former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s plea seeking suspension of his jail sentence on medical grounds in Al-Azizia reference.
An accountability court had awarded him seven-year jail and Rs1.5 billion fine in the case last year.
A two-member bench of IHC, comprising Aamir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, resumed hearing of the petition.
AIG Legal Punjab Dr Qadir submitted to the court a new medical report of Nawaz Sharif issued by the Jinnah Hospital.
Khawaja Haris Advocate told the court that his client was unwell and all the reports had suggested his angiography. He said the matter had become very sensitive.
Haris argued that Nawaz was suffering from different diseases and it’s happing because of tense atmosphere in the jail.
He told the court that after 2003 Nawaz was admitted to a hospital four times because of heart ailments.
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