Ousted premier Nawaz Sharif has requested the accountability court in Islamabad to postpone announcing the verdict in the Avenfield case until he returns to Pakistan.

Talking to reporters in London, the PML-N leader said he wants to hear the judgement in the case while standing in the courtroom where "I have endured more than 100 hearings with my daughter Maryam [Nawaz]".

Sharif said Pakistan has had a history of verdicts remaining "unnecessarily" reserved for months, hence delaying the judgement of the Avenfield case "considering an extremely sensitive matter" would not violate any requirement of justice or law.

To read more about Nawaz's conversation with the media in London, click here.