ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (INP): The Accountability Court (AC) on Wednesday reserved verdict in Flagship Investment and Al-Aziziya references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The accountability court will announce verdict on December 24 Monday.

“Is this my last appearance in court,” Nawaz Sharif asked from the accountability court judge Arshad Malik.

He said this is his 78th appearance in the court, however, corruption of not a single penny could be proved.

Earlier, Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer submitted a plea to give another one week time to his client as he has to submit additional documents regarding his son Hassan Nawaz’s property details.

NAB prosecutor opposed the plea, stating that these are delaying tactics by the accused.

AC judge Arshad Malik rejected Nawaz Sharif’s plea and reserved verdict on NAB references till December 24.

On Tuesday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor had concluded the final arguments in the case.

NAB prosecutor said that the transactions made earned Nawaz Sharif financial gains worth over 0.7million Dirham. Asserting the point he said that the transfer of amounts in question is a proven fact supported with ample evidence.

On December 17, Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Haris had given the concluding arguments in the third and last reference of the case.

It is worth mentioning here that the cases against Nawaz family stemmed from the Panama Papers leak that disclosed expensive and undeclared property allegedly owned by them in London.

Former PM Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain Safdar were convicted and sentenced to prison for ten years, seven years and one year respectively in Avenfield verdict.

However, the convictions were suspended by Islamabad High Court and they were released from Adiala jail till final decision.

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