NAB court issues non-bailable arrest warrants of Maryam,Hussain,Hassan and Capt Safdar

Lahore : The Accountability court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Nawaz’s children and son-in-law in connection with three references filed by NAB against them .

Justice Muhammad Bashir heard the references pertaining to London flats, Nelson, Nescom, Hill Metal and Azizia Steel Mills.

The former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before the accountability court today.

His lawyer Mohsin Ranjha said the former premier’s indictment has been deferred to Ocotober 9, the next date of hearing. 

The NAB prosecutor told the court that Nawaz Sharif’s children are deliberately skipping the hearing as their arrest warrants were sent to the London authorities. He further requested to issue their non-bailable arrest warrants.

The court issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Nawaz’s children Hussain, Hassan , Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar. 


Ahead of the proceedings, several PML-N leaders including Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Talal Chaudhry, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Federal Minster for Railways Saad Rafiq, Pervaiz Rashid, Asif Kirmani and Hanif Abbasi were stopped at court’s gate while Maiza Hameed and Daniyal Chaudhry were allowed to participate in the hearing.

During the previous hearing the accountability court had issued bailable warrants of Hussain, Hassan , Maryam Nawaz, and Capt (r) Safdar after they failed to appear before it despite repeated summons.