{"id":29625,"date":"2023-11-29T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/nawaz-sharif-acquitted-in-avenfield-reference\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:26:05","slug":"nawaz-sharif-acquitted-in-avenfield-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/nawaz-sharif-acquitted-in-avenfield-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Nawaz Sharif acquitted in Avenfield reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: In a major relief for the PML-N, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield reference, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict on Nawaz\u2019s appeal against his conviction in the case.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Breaking News: IHC acquits Nawaz Sharif in Avenfield case\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDFLCg4lqHQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Talking to journalists outside the court after the IHC\u2019s verdict which acquitted him, Nawaz said that he had left his matter up to Allah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had left it up to Allah. In Al-Azizia [Steel Mills corruption reference] also, I\u2019ve also left my matters up to Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Convictions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Nawaz Sharif was convicted by accountability courts in Avenfield and Al-Azizia references.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/nawaz-sharif-ihc-reserves-verdict-on-pleas-in-avenfield-al-azizia\/\">IHC restores Nawaz Sharif\u2019s pleas in Al-Azizia, Avenfield references<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The accountability court had awarded a 10-year jail term with eight million Pounds fine to Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield case and 07 years sentence in Al-Azizia reference. He was also fined Rs1.5 billion and US$25 million.<\/p>\n<p>The court also disqualified Sharif for holding public office for 10 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story__content overflow-hidden pt-2 mt-2\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p>However, in 2019, his sentence in Al-Azizia reference was suspended by the Lahore High Court (LHC) on medical grounds. He was then permitted to fly to London on medical grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The IHC had declared him a\u00a0proclaimed offender in both cases in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>After returning from the exlie in UK, the PML-N leader had filed\u00a0two separate applications seeking the restoration of his appeals against his conviction in both the references.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a major relief for the PML-N, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield reference, ARY News reported. A two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict on Nawaz\u2019s appeal against his conviction in the case. 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