Court issues order to unfreeze Nawaz Sharif’s assets

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad accountability court on Friday ordered authorities to unfreeze former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s properties in the Toshakhana reference case, ARY News reported.

NAB Judge Mohammad Bashir issued the said order on the application of the PML-N supremo, requesting the court to unfreeze his properties attached by the provincial government of Punjab after he was declared a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana case.

In 2020, the accountability court in Islamabad ordered the forfeiting of assets and properties of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Toshakhana reference.

former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was declared ‘proclaimed offender’ in the Toshakhana reference by an accountability court and his permanent arrest warrant was also issued for his continued non-appearance.

The accountability court’s judge Asghar Ali released the orders to forfeit assets and properties including land, luxury vehicles, and accounts in local and foreign banks belonging to Nawaz Sharif.

Additionally, the court also seized 1,650 canals of agricultural land in Lahore and 102 canals in Sheikhupura, owned by Nawaz, as well as his house in Murree.

The former premier was also found to be owning three vehicles, including one Land Cruiser and two Mercedes, according to the report.

Last month, the accountability court on Tuesday granted bail to former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif in the Toshakhana case, ARY News reported.

The former three-time prime minister, whose arrest warrant was suspended on October 19, days before his arrival in Pakistan surrendered before the court of Judge Muhammad Bashir in the Toshakhana case.