ISLAMABAD, Nov 02 (INP): A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday accepted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's plea regarding the Accountability Court's dismissal of his request to club all references together on the grounds that no reasons for dismissal were given. The high court held the verdict of the accountability court to have a joint trial in the references against Nawaz as 'null and void'. The bench also ordered the accountability court to hear the case again and then give a verdict on it. According to the IHC verdict, the accountability court did not give any reason for its October 19 verdict. Earlier, the two-member divisional bench had reserved its verdict in the plea to club all three hearings together to be heard as one. At the last hearing on October 25, the IHC bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani and Justice Aamer Farooq issued notices to the federal government over the petition and adjourned the case until November 2 (today). On Wednesday, Nawaz's counsel submitted additional documents, including copies of the indictment, to the IHC as instructed in the earlier hearing. Nawaz, through his representative Zafir Khan, has submitted three petitions in the IHC challenging the accountability court’s October 19 decision to indict him in the Avenfield properties and Azizia Steel Mills reference. He was indicted in the third and last — Flagship Investment Ltd — reference on October 20. The accountability court is hearing corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau against Nawaz and his family members, as well as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in light of the Supreme Court's order in the Panama Papers case. In his petition, Nawaz has pleaded the IHC to declare the October 19 decision illegal and order the accountability court to combine the three references against him into one. IHC seeks response from federal government on Nawaz's plea against corruption indictment He has also pleaded that there should be one trial on one charge instead of separate cases. At the last hearing of the accountability court on October 26, Nawaz's counsel Khawaja Harris informed the judge that his client has challenged the indictment in the IHC which will hear the case on Nov 2 (today). The judge remarked that Harris should plead his client's case on November 2 and then adjourned the accountability court hearing until November 3 (Friday).   INP/AK