Nawaz, Khaqan Abbasi reaches at LHC for hearing of treason case

LAHORE (92 News) – Disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reached at at the Lahore High Court (LHC) for hearing of a treason case. A bench of the LHC, headed by Justice Mazahir Ali Naqvi, will take up a petition seeking registration of a high treason case against Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. However, petitioner Amina Malik through her counsel Azhar Siddique moved the petition, accusing Nawaz of trying to defame state institutions and Abbasi of not honouring his oath of office by disclosing to Nawaz the details of a National Security Council (NSC) meeting. In the previous hearing, the court had directed Nawaz Sharif to turn up on the next hearing. It issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of journalist Cyril Almeida and ordered the authorities concerned to place his name on the exit control list (ECL). The bench directed former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who was in attendance in the court, to file an application for exemption from personal appearance before it. Earlier this year, deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif sparked a controversy when he made a statement about the Mumbai attacks in an interview to Cyril Almeida.