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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) of 1999 and the conviction of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members under a “dead law”.
On July 6, an accountability court had handed Sharif 10 years as jail time for owning assets beyond known income and 1 year for not cooperating with NAB, as part of the Avenfield properties corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau against the Sharif family.
On July 11, senior lawyer AK Dogar, through a petition in the LHC, had claimed that the former prime minister and others were convicted by a court which had no jurisdiction because the law under which it (court) was created is a dead law.
The petitioner had urged the high court to suspend the operation of the accountability court’s judgment for being a court established under a non-existent law.
A three-member full bench of the LHC, under Justice Shahid Waheed's stewardship, ruled on the petition today, dismissing its concerns against the ordinance as well as the convictions.
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Aug 31, 2018 02:22pm
Another door closed on Sharifs. The only way out, bring back laundered money and seek mercy petition.
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Aug 31, 2018 02:28pm
Good for the nation that these criminals remain in jail. They are trying all tactics to come out of jail somehow.
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Aug 31, 2018 02:57pm
The people defending the Sharifs.. Do they have no Love for Pakistan ??
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Aug 31, 2018 03:49pm
They did not send him to jail to be released by LHC.
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Aug 31, 2018 03:51pm
This was expected, as Nawaz Sharif appeal was very weak and waste of time. He, his daughter and son-in-law have to serve their respective sentences and return the looted money - their no other option available!
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Aug 31, 2018 04:23pm
As a Pakistani national I am ready to forgive Nawaz Sharif and his family if they return back the looted money and ask for pardon.
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Aug 31, 2018 04:24pm
Sharif family should accept their corruption charges instead of making excuses. Bring back the looted money to Pakistan's treasury and then make a plea for forgiveness. That may work out better and he may get back some degree of closure in the cases and possibly some respect from people of Pakistan.
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Aug 31, 2018 04:31pm
Even if the money is brought back, the crime has been committed, they will serve the sentence handed by the court, if the money is not recovered, the court should extend their sentence, there has to be a severe punishment for stealing from the people of Pakistan.
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Aug 31, 2018 04:59pm
Instead of stoking discord from within confines of the jail to upset what little peace may have survived, seek Divine forgiveness and come out clean. That may help you in more than the only way you seem to be stuck on. You must have learnt by now that dolled out and artificially propped up worldly pomp and power is nothing but a puff of hot air. Reality is based only on truth, is simpler and leaves behind a noble lasting legacy.
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Aug 31, 2018 05:10pm
These criminals don't want to be in the jails and also don't want to return the looted money. Any new appeal from them should be considered only if they return the full amount of looted money.
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Aug 31, 2018 05:18pm
Government should take a lenient view of Sharif's petition and give them relief after they return the wealth which they have accumulated during the last 35 years of their rule
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Aug 31, 2018 05:28pm
Bring back all looted money and ask for forgiveness nation might forgive.
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Aug 31, 2018 05:53pm
Only time will tell, how long they can keep this going without catching the other big fishes!
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Aug 31, 2018 06:15pm
Prima facie the facts on ground and circumstances, the chronology of financial crimes, the false twisted statements , & the economic crisis in nation, seek more punishment to convicts, to return nation
wealth. No pardon. No immunity.
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Aug 31, 2018 06:22pm
Keep this looter of billions in jail His 29,000 kanal Jati Umra is a disgrace to the poor
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Aug 31, 2018 06:44pm
LHC has done what is right.
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Aug 31, 2018 06:55pm
The Sharifs who have hired the best and eminent legal hands available in Pakistan at much higher cost, to search every nook and corner in order to find a way out of their present predicament, with unappreciable results, have no other option left but to hire high end attorneys from abroad by using their accumulated riches, who may be able provide them some needed relief sought. Other than that, they have only way out of their present unpleasant ordeal but to accommodate a plea bargain deal with the NAB which would prove to be instrumental in shedding some of their known ill gotten accumulated wealth for the good of the country. Failing this, the present ongoing legal outslaught in remaining cases may unearth more which is hidden from public eyes so far & may deprive him/his family not to able to use it anymore. The nation by and large has no interest in their ordeal & feel satisfied that at last the law has caught up with those who have been fleecing the country & its poor people dry.
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Aug 31, 2018 07:34pm
Were any legal reasons for dismissal of the petition given in the judgement?
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Aug 31, 2018 08:01pm
He is on the shelf now. He still believes he did nothing wrong. He will wake up one morning and realize he is on the wrong side of history.
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Aug 31, 2018 08:06pm
These supporting lawyers who disregard national interest to save these corrupt politicians must also be chastised.
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Aug 31, 2018 09:33pm
Get Zardari next
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Aug 31, 2018 10:13pm
This was a simple matter to decide. It should not have take so long since July 11, 2018 to decide.
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Sep 01, 2018 06:55am
Rot in jail, Mr Sharif!
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