Sharifs boycott court proceedings in NAB references
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court of Islamabad could not proceed against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family on Tuesday in three corruption references filed against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the order of the Supreme Court because all of them opted to boycott its proceedings. Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Bashir had last week summoned Mr Sharif, his daughter Maryam, sons Hussain and Hassan and son-in-law retired Captain Mohammad Safdar to appear before the court on Tuesday in connection with the references. A five-judge SC bench on July 28 directed NAB to file the references against Mr Sharif and his children within six weeks in the...