IHC rejects pleas challenging Nawaz’s property auction

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday rejected pleas seeking to stop auction of properties of former premier Nawaz Sharif in Toshakhana case.

A two member bench, headed by Justice Aamer Farooq, pronounced the short verdict in Toshakhana case. The IHC has termed non-maintainable the petitions that challenged the auction of Nawaz Sharif’s properties under Article 199 of the Constitution.

It is pertinent to mention here that Mian Iqbal Barkat, Muhammad Ashraf and Aslam Aziz had filed petition in the court.

In its verdict, the court stated that the petitioners had an alternative forum and they can approach the trial court to stop the auction. The IHC cannot hear these petitions under Article 199 of the Constitution if there is an alternative forum.

A day earlier, three petitions against an accountability court decision in the Toshakhana corruption reference to confiscate the property of Nawaz Sharif were filed in the high court.

The petitioners' pleas had named the Accountability Court Islamabad, the deputy commissioners of Lahore and Sheikhupura, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and others as respondents.