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Nawaz heads back to Lahore after Al-Azizia case hearing

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ISLAMABAD: Ousted premier Nawaz Sharif left for his home to Lahore after appearing before an accountability court here in Islamabad on Thursday. 

Accountability court Judge Arshad Malik was hearing the graft references, Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flaghship Investment, against the Sharif family.

As the hearing went underway, Ayesha Hamid, assistant lawyer of Khawaja Haris, got her reservations drafted on the recorded statements of investigation officer Mehboob Alam.

Nawaz appeared before the court as his three-day exemption came to an end today and after the adjournment of hearing, he traveled back to Lahore.

Advocate Khawaja Haris had filed an application on behalf of the former premier, requesting accountability Judge Arshad Malik to allow his client exemption from appearance in court for five days, however, the judge granted only three days exemption.

The application stated that Sharif has still been reeling under grief owing to the death of his wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz and needed some time, especially after his release from prison last week, to pick up the pieces.

PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retired) Safdar were released from Adiala prison after an Islamabad High Court bench suspended their sentence and ordered their release on bail.

On Sept 19, a division bench comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb granted a petition filed by the Sharif family seeking suspension of the Avenfield verdict until a final decision on their appeals against the sentence.

Sharif along with his daughter and son-in-law was released on parole hours after the death of his wife Begum Kusloom, who died in London on Sept 12.

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