The US says an independent Palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and not through UN action
Sharif challenges graft case conviction
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam and her husband on Monday filed an appeal against a court's verdict which sentenced them to lengthy prison terms over their ownership of properties in London.
Published : 16 July 2018, 10:08 AM
Updated : 16 July 2018, 10:08 AM
An Accountability Court sentenced the former leader to a total of 11 years in prison and Maryam to eight years, reports Geo News. Nawaz's son-in-law Capt (retd) Mohammad Safdar was given a one-year sentence.
The appeal asks for the court's July 6 verdict to be declared null and void and the three convicts to be released on bail.
Maryam's legal counsel Amjad Pervaiz told the media that the court's verdict in the Avenfield reference was not in compliance with law.
"The accountability court's verdict is in contradiction with the law and declaring it void would serve justice," Pervaiz said. "Our case is very strong and on merit. We are right and we hope to get some relief."
Sharif and Maryam arrived in Pakistan from London on July 13. They were arrested on their arrival in Lahore. Safdar was arrested earlier on July 9.
The trial against the Sharif family commenced on September 14, 2017.
RELATED STORIES
The aircraft, which had been on a visit to troops deployed in northwest Kenya to combat endemic cattle-rustling, came down just minutes after leaving Cheptulel Boys Secondary School in West Pokot Coun ...
A council resolution needs at least nine votes in favour and no vetoes by the US, Britain, France, Russia or China to pass
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said that Iran could review its "nuclear doctrine" amid Israeli threats
