An accountability court on Friday accepted the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) please to bring forward new documents against former premier Nawaz Sharif in the Flagship Investment reference.
Earlier today, Accountability Court II Judge Arshad Malik had reserved his decision on the NABplease after hearing arguments of Nawaz’s counsel Khawaja Harris.
However, later the court rejected the reservations of Nawaz's counsel and permitted NAB to present new documents.
Earlier during the hearing, Khawaja Haris opposed NAB's plea and said, “NAB’s Zahir Shah had corresponded with the UK Central Authority and he has appeared before the court as a witness. Why were these documents not presented when Shah appeared?”
At this, NAB deputy prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi said, “We mentioned in the supplementary reference that we will provide documents after receiving answers.”
Khawaja Haris then said, “If they present new documents then they should also present related witnesses.”
Further, the court remarked, “NAB has not mentioned the relation between the documents and the Flagship investigation. The court cannot assume on its own the relation between the documents and the investigation officer.”
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