PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday called the explosive affidavit of former Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Justice Rana Mohammad Shamim “the third major testimony from within the judiciary”, which she claimed to have proved the innocence of her and her father Nawaz Sharif. Gave.
She was speaking outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC), which heard Maryam’s appeal, seeking quashing of her sentence in the Avenfield apartment context.
Avenfield proceedings came into limelight on Monday News filed allegations report Justice Shamim said former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar had influenced judicial proceedings to prolong the detention of Nawaz and Maryam after their conviction in the context.
The IHC had taken cognizance of the report on the same day and during Tuesday’s hearing. show cause notice issued To News Editor Amir Ghauri and Journalist Ansar Abbasi, Judge Shamim and Editor-in-Chief of Jung Group Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Maryam said, “We knew that the days of the oppressors were numbered but we did not expect the truth to come out so soon.”
He named former IHC judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and late accountability judge Arshad Malik as the other two “witnesses” who told the truth. [about Nawaz’s innocence],
“Instead of taking his statement seriously, he [Siddiqui] Was expelled from service. His case was then referred to the SJC and he awaits justice,” she said, accusing Arshad Malik of “willfully ignoring” the case.
“the person who declared the conviction [in the Al Azizia reference] Made a statement expressing the truth about Nawaz Sharif in his life.”
Referring to the proceedings of the IHC News In the report, he said that the first notice should have been sent to former CJP Nisar.
avenfield conviction
An accountability July 6, 2018 – 19 days before the general election – convicted PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz and her husband sentenced retired Captain Mohammad Safdar to jail terms of 10, seven and one year respectively for having assets disproportionate to his known sources of income in the Avenfield apartment context.
The Avenfield reference – which pertains to the purchase of four flats at Avenfield House, Park Lane, London – is one of three cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the former prime minister and his children in its landmark case on Supreme Court orders Was. 28 July Panamagate verdict,
later Mary NAB . arrested by and sent to Adiala Jail. He filed an appeal was against the decision released from prison In September 2018, the IHC granted him bail and suspended his prison sentence.
‘A direct violation of the law’
Maryam on 5 October 2021 filed a new appeal The reference in the IHC sought quashing of the decision.
According to a copy of the petition available with him, his latest application was filed “as a result of certain extremely relevant, simple and clear facts, which have come to the fore after the judgment and sentence announced in the case”. don.com,
In the application, Maryam said the entire proceeding that resulted in her conviction is “a classic example of an outright violation of law and political engineering hitherto unheard in the history of Pakistan”.
He also attached a reference speech This was done by former IHC Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui at District Bar Association, Rawalpindi on July 21, 2018, in which he claimed that the country’s top intelligence agency was involved in manipulating judicial proceedings.
“The ISI officials had asked the Chief Justice to ensure that Nawaz and his daughter should not get bail before the elections,” the petition said, citing an excerpt from former judge Siddiqui’s speech.
At a subsequent hearing on 13 October, his lawyer argued that the legal process was not followed In context, claiming that it was not based on any evidence and the pre-trial phase saw several inaccuracies.
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