Pakistan's ousted premier Nawaz Sharif today appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad to face the corruption charges filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau in the Panama Papers scandal. <br/><br/>Sharif along with his daughter Maryam Sharif and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar directly went to the Accountability Court after arriving from Lahore in a private jet.<br/><br/>Judge Muhammad Bashir will conduct the trial proceedings and record testimonies of more prosecution witnesses. <br/><br/>NAB is expected to present three more witnesses in the court to have their statements recorded. So far, eight witnesses have testified against the Sharif family in three references. Heavy security arrangements were made around the court premises. <br/><br/>The cases are based on July 28 verdict by the Supreme Court which disqualified Sharif and ordered to launch three corruption cases against him and his family, and one case against finance minister Ishaq Dar.