Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League(PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif has decided to file appeals against the sentence in the Avenfield reference and the Al-Azizia Steel Mills reference in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
This was decided in a meeting with party leaders at the JatiUmra house of the leader of PML-N Nawaz Sharif on Sunday.
Sources said that appeals against the convictions in both references will also be filed in the Islamabad High Court on Monday. Nawaz Sharif is expected to leave Islamabad on Monday, said sources.
Sources said that Nawaz Sharif will also meet important party leaders and legal and constitutional experts in Islamabad. While talking to leaders Nawaz Sharif Said that we were first subjected to political revenge, now we hope to get relief from the courts.
In this regard former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, former Chief Minister HamzaShehbaz and legal expert Atta NazirTarar also met with Nawaz Sharif and discussed the legal issues.
In the meeting of the leaders with Nawaz Sharif, there was a detailed discussion on the upcoming general elections, Avenfield reference, Al-Azizia Steel Mill reference, ToshaKhana case and other important legal matters. “We will focus all our energies on the economic prosperity of Pakistan”, said Nawaz Sharif.
Earlier, Nawaz Sharif also met with HamzaShehbaz’s wife and sisters in JatiUmra while Maryam Nawaz’s daughter Mehra-ul-Nisaa, her son-in-law RaheelMunir and children also met with Nawaz Sharif.
