Pakistan Politics: Pakistan's PM Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif's difficulties increase, Islamabad HC will hear the complaint of contempt

Posted on 29th Aug 2022 by rohit kumar

The contempt petition against Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be heard in the Islamabad High Court on Monday. The News International reported that Chief Justice of the High Court Athar Minallah will hear the matter today. The News International reported that the petition, filed by lawyer Syed Zafar Ali Shah, states that Nawaz Sharif had gone abroad with the permission of the Lahore High Court (LHC) due to illness and Shahbaz Sharif has submitted an affidavit. It was said that after his brother's recovery, he would come back.

 

demanded to be declared a fugitive

 

Several courts have requested that Nawaz Sharif be declared a fugitive. Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif should be tried for contempt of court and the court should order the return of Nawaz Sharif. According to the publication, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his brother Nawaz Sharif, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs have been made parties in the petition. The Registrar's Office objected that the application should be brought before the Lahore High Court, as the affidavit was submitted there.

 

Nawaz Sharif may return to Pakistan in September

 

Meanwhile, a Pakistani minister has claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif will return home in September. According to a Dawn report, after Shehbaz Sharif became the prime minister in April, the PML-N leader was expecting Nawaz Sharif to return soon.

 

Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in 2018

 

In 2018, the court sentenced Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. He was sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison and fined 8 million pounds (1.3 billion rupees). However, in 2019, the Lahore High Court (LHC) stayed his sentence and allowed Nawaz to go abroad for treatment. Nawaz Sharif left for London on 19 November 2019 and has never returned to the country since then.

 

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