ISLAMABAD: An accountability court (AC) of Islamabad Tuesday testified two prosecution witnesses in the references against the Sharif family members and summoned two more witnesses to record their statements on Januray 30.
AC Judge Muhammad Bashir resumed hearing of the references related to the Avenfield Property, Flagship Investment and Al-Aziza Steel Mills filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the Sharif family members. Former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (Retd) Muhammad Safdar appeared before the court.
Ttwo witnesses – Ghulam Mustafa, regional manager of a private bank, and Aziz Rehan, NAB’s Assistant Director, recorded their statements before the court.
Ghulam Mustafa said he appeared before NAB Rawalpindi on August 22, 2017 along with another bank officer Yasir Shabbir, who presented details of Nawaz Sharif’s bank accounts to the investigation officer (IO).
No record related to the Hill Metal Company was handed over to the IO, he informed the court. Aziz Rehan informed the court that a NAB officer Sidra Mansoor shared documents related to the cases with Investigation Officer NAB Mehboob Alam on August 25, 2017, who prepared their seizure memo.
The court summoned two more witnesses to record their statements on next date. Nawaz Sharif’s counsel Khwaja Harris requested the court to grant seven-day time to go through the five-page supplementary reference against his client filed by the NAB related to the Avenfield Property.
