Nawaz Sharif: Avenfield reference (London flats) case status
Prime Minister of Pakistan. NAB alleged that the Sharif family's Avenfield flats in London were assets beyond Nawaz Sharif's known sources of income.
Status: AcquittedThe Islamabad High Court acquitted him on 29 November 2023, setting aside his July 2018 conviction.
- Country
- Pakistan
- Agency
- National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
- Court
- Accountability court, Islamabad (trial), Islamabad High Court (appeal)
- Status date
- 29 November 2023
Case history
- An accountability court sentenced him to 10 years for owning assets beyond known income and one year for not cooperating with NAB, to run concurrently.1,2
- The Islamabad High Court declared him a proclaimed offender while he was abroad.1
- A bench of Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb acquitted him on appeal.1,2
Response
Speaking outside court he said "I had left it up to Allah" (Aaj News).
Sources
- The Tribune (India), Pakistan High Court acquits ex-premier Nawaz Sharif in two corruption cases in which he was convicted in 2018 (29 November 2023)
- Aaj News, IHC acquits Nawaz Sharif in Avenfield reference (29 November 2023)
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