ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and her husband Captain (r) Muhammad Safdar in the Avenfield properties corruption reference.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard the appeals against the conviction of Maryam Nawaz and Captain (r) Muhammad Safdar in the Avenfield case.
In the Avenfield corruption reference, Maryam and Capt (r) Safdar were convicted by an accountability court of Islamabad in July 2018. Maryam was sentenced to seven years in prison and her husband Capt (r) Safdar was sentenced to one year in prison, however, they were both on bail since September 2018.
The accountability court had also sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 11 years imprisonment in July 2018 after several hearings in the Avenfield reference and imposed a fine of eight million pounds. Speaking to media outside the court on Thursday, Maryam Nawaz hailed the verdict saying that Nawaz Sharif stood “vindicated”.