Panama Case: Islamabad court to hear acquittal pleas of Hasan, Hussain Nawaz today

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Published: 06:31 PM, 15 Mar, 2024
Panama Case: Islamabad court to hear acquittal pleas of Hasan, Hussain Nawaz today
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Accountability Court Islamabad will hear the acquittal pleas of Hasan and Hussain Nawaz in the Panama References today (Friday), 24News HD TV Channel reported.
Accountability Court judge Nasir Javaid Rana will hear the acquittal pleas of former premier Mian Nawaz Sharif's sons Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz.
On the previous hearing, the court accepted their bails and issued notices on the pleas of acquittal.
Hassan and Hussain Nawaz are accused in the Avenfield, Al-Azizia and Flagship references.
Worthy to mention here that Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz on Thursday surrendered themselves before an Accountability Court judge in Panama leaks references.
A few days ago, judge Nasir Javed Rana had suspended the perpetual arrest warrants for Hassan and Hussain up till today.
Hasan and Hussain Nawaz were declared absconders in the Panama reference 7 years ago.
Lawyer for Hassan and Husain, Qazi Misbah-ul-Hasan, told the court that since it had suspended the permanent arrest warrants for the accused in the case; now when they both had surrendered, the court was now requested to declare their warrants cancelled.
These are the accused in all three references, Judge Accountability Court remarked.
They are co-accused in all three references, lawyer Qazi Misbah-ul-Hasan took the plea.
He argued that other accused in Al-Azizia and the Avenfield references had been acquitted while they were acquitted by the trial court in the flagship reference.
However, after hearing the arguments of the lawyer, the court canceled the arrest warrants of Hasan and Hussain Nawaz.


Reporter: Hashar Warriach

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