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Al-Azizia, Flagship references against Nawaz Sharif: LIVE Updates on verdict
Nawaz Sharif has convicted in Al-Azizia corruption case while he was acquitted in Flagship Investment reference.
The accountability court judge Muhammad Arshad Malik had reserved the judgment after completion of hearing in Al-Azizia Steel Mills and the Flagship Investment cases against the deposed PM last week. The judge on Wednesday rejected application by Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Harris to provide one week time to submit more documents but allowed him to submit additional documents.
03:10pm – Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz were declared absconder in the cases.
03:00pm – The former PM was taken into custody by the NAB authorities.
2:52pm –Nawaz Sharif sentenced to seven years jail term for inability to explain assets beyond means in Al-Azizia Reference case and has been acquitted in the Flagship Investment Reference.
02:45pm –Police resorted to tear gas shelling to disperse PML-N workers outside court.
