IHC declares petitions challenging auctioning of Nawaz Sharif s properties non-maintainable
Pakistan
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Files
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed three pleas submitted for hearing against an accountability court s decision to auction properties of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif.
The petitions were filled by Mian Iqbal Barkat, Muhammad Ashraf and Aslam Aziz.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Aamer Farooq, while rejecting the petition termed the pleas as unmaintainable under Article 199 of the Constitution.
“The Islamabad High Court cannot hear these petitions under Article 199 of the Constitution as there is an alternative forum already present,” said the bench.
Nawaz Sharif s properties, assets to be put up for auction under court orders
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File photo of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Accountability Court accepts petition filed by NAB Rawalpindi seeking auction of properties owned by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The decision comes after Sharif was declared a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana reference.
After the development, the concerned provincial government(s) will be able to dispose of Nawaz Sharif s properties.
An accountability court on Friday accepted a petition filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi for the auction of assets owned by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.