ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday evening restored appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield corruption cases.
The PML-N chief had filed applications against the dismissal if his appeals filed against the court verdict in which he was sentenced to jail and disqualified from holding public office.
Before returning yo Pakistan after his four years self-exile, Mr Sharif had also filed petitions for grant of bail. The court clubbed the petitions and heard them.
When the court after reserving its verdict was announcing it, Mr Sharif along with his lawyers and party leaders was present in the court. The court asked the prosecutor if they would arrest the accused his appeals were restored. The prosecutor said that they have no intention to arrest him. He said Mr Sharif would have yo submit surety bonds.
The prosecutor also said that after filing of an appeal a case cannot be withdrawn. He said after a proclaimed offender surrenders to court, the arrest warrants are always withdrawn.
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