Denied exemption, Sharif, daughter to face court today
Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are set to appear in the accountability court today ( Monday) after their exemption plea was rejected. The former premier and his daughter flew back to Pakistan Sunday from London where they were with Mr Sharif’s ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz.
In a tweet, Maryam Nawaz said: “At the Heathrow, leaving for Islamabad shortly. Will arrive in the wee hours to be at the court. Goodbyes are always hard.”
On April 20, the accountability court in Islamabad rejected an application filed by Mr Sharif and his daughter seeking exemption from personal appearance in court for seven days in the Avenfield case and granted them one- day exemption.
On April 18, the former prime minister along with his daughter left for London to see Kulsoom Nawaz who is undergoing treatment for throat cancer at a hospital. She was admitted to a London hospital earlier this week after her condition deteriorated.
In a tweet on his official twitter account, Maryam Nawaz said: “My mother is hospitalised again. Remember her in your prayers. I know prayers can do wonders. God answers prayers.”
Meanwhile on Sunday, Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif said the Pakistan Tehrik- e- Insaf and the Pakistan People’s Party were two sides of same coin.