The National Accountability Bureau has decided to file an appeal against the acquittal of Nawaz Sharif in the Flagship corruption reference.
The decision was taken in a meeting held under NAB chairman Javed Iqbal after the accountability court announced its verdict on Monday.
The NAB chairman directed the legal team at the bureau to file an appeal after getting certified authentic copies of the judgment.
Following the former prime minister’s sentence earlier in the
day, the NAB team took Nawaz Sharif to Adiala jail, from where he will be taken to Kot Lakhpat jail on Tuesday morning.
In a s
hort verdict announce
d today, the court said there was concrete evidence against the former premier in the Al-Azizia reference, and
that he was unable to provide a money t
rail in the case. There was not enough evidence to convict Nawaz in the Flagship reference, thus he has been acquitted, the decision read.
Published in Daily Times, December 25th 2018.
