Sharif files appeals against his conviction in Avenfield, Al-Azizia cases

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday filed petitions in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to revive appeals against his conviction in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia cases, two days after he returned to the country from the UK after four years of self-imposed exile.

Sharif, 73, the three-time prime minister and supremo of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), returned to Pakistan on Saturday.

Former law minister Azam Tarar and advocate Amjad Parvez filed petitions on behalf of Sharif in the IHC which on October 19 had granted him protective bail in both cases until October 24 to let him come back in the court without any fear of arrest.

Sharif was convicted in July 2018 by court in the Avenfield properties case and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was arrested and put in jail but set free after being given bail while his appeals against acquittal in case were pending. He was on bail when he left for the UK in 2019 on medical grounds. His daughter Maryam Nawaz was also sentenced to seven years in jail in case.