ISLAMABAD: Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer has requested the top court to fix his appeal against the Registrar Office’s objections over his petition for hearing at the earliest. Sharif through his lawyer has filed an application, asking the court to fix the appeal on November 2, as the “matter relates to fundamental rights”.
Earlier, he had filed the appeal challenging the Registrar Office’s order to return his constitutional petition through which he had sought consolidation of three references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him and his children. The Registrar Office of the apex court had on October 20 returned Sharif’s constitutional petition by raising objections. Afterwards, his counsel filed an appeal against the objections, contending that there was no constitutional bar on any citizen to approach to the court, requesting the court to fix the petition for hearing.
Published in Daily Times, October 29th 2017.
