A Pakistani court today issued fresh summons to ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children, currently in London, to appear before it next week after they failed to turn up at a hearing in connection with the corruption cases. <br/><br/>The accountability court is hearing the corruption cases filed against 67-year-old Sharif after the Supreme Court on July 28 disqualified him in the Panama Papers case. The court, which held its first hearing today, had summoned Sharif, his daughter Maryam, sons Hussain and Hasan and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar. <br/><br/>Asif Kirmani, Sharif's political advisor who appeared in the court on his behalf, told the media after a brief hearing that former Premier is in London to take care of his ailing wife and would soon come back. <br/><br/>The court accepted the plea and adjourned the case till 26th of this month. It ordered that fresh summons should be issued for the former first family to appear on the next hearing, directing that the summons be dispatched to the family's London address.
News On AIR | September 19, 2017 5:42 PM
Pak court issues fresh summons to Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases