ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday approved the transfer of the two remaining corruption cases against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to another court. The two-member bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, gave the ruling in response to a petition filed by Sharif’s lawyers calling for the change.
Khawaja Haris, Sharif’s legal counsel, had requested the transfer of the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment cases from Judge Mohammad Bashir’s court, given the judge’s verdict in the Avenfield case relating to property deals in London. The accountability court in Lahore on July 6 sentenced Sharif and his daughter, Maryam, to 10 and seven years in prison, respectively, over the Avenfield case and imposed hefty fines. Sharif’s son-in-law was sentenced to one year in jail. The former prime minister, and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, was arrested with his daughter at Lahore airport on July 13 when they returned from a visit to Londonn.
The Sharifs have challenged their convictions in the Avenfield case, claiming that there were legal flaws in the verdict. They have asked for it to be overturned and all three family members to be released on bail.
During earlier hearings, Haris argued that all three cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau against his clients had a common witness, Wajid Zia, head of the police joint investigation team, and that Justice Bashir had already disclosed his opinions on crucial aspects of all of the cases. He said that the judge therefore should not hear the remaining cases, in line with directives issued by the Supreme Court.
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Remaining corruption cases against Nawaz Sharif moved to different court
Remaining corruption cases against Nawaz Sharif moved to different court
- Lawyers for the former prime minister and PML-N leader asked for two corruption cases against him to be transferred to another court since the judge had already convicted him in a similar case
- The accountability court on July 6 sentenced Sharif to 10 years in prison for corruption over the Avenfield properties case
France bans 10 British far-right, anti-migration activists from entering
PARIS: France’s interior ministry said on Wednesday it has banned 10 British far-right activists from entering or staying in the country, after they carried out actions deemed to incite violence and seriously disturb public order on French territory.
The activists, identified as members of a group called “Raise the Colors” that was involved in a national flag-raising campaign, seek to find and destroy boats used to carry migrants and spread propaganda on France’s northern coast calling on the British public to join the movement to stop migration, according to the French interior ministry.
“Our rule of law is non-negotiable, violent or hate-inciting actions have no place on our territory,” French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez wrote on social media platform X on Wednesday.
The ministry said in a statement it had been informed of the group’s activities in December last year and that it had referred the matter to the relevant authorities, as the actions were likely to cause “serious disturbances” to public order.
“Raise the Colors” describes itself as a grassroots movement that began in the central English city of Birmingham, when a small group started tying national flags to lampposts in a show of national pride. It says the effort has since spread across the UK.
The widespread display of the red-and-white St. George’s Cross for England and the Union Jack for Britain has prompted concern among some migrant communities as a reflection of rising anti-immigration sentiment in the country, coinciding with a wave of protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers last year.
Neither the group nor the British Foreign Office immediately responded to Reuters requests for comment.
Immigration and the crossings of small boats carrying migrants from France have become a focal point for British voters and has helped propel Nigel Farage’s right-wing, anti-immigration Reform UK party, into a commanding opinion poll lead.
Farage last year in London met the leader of French far-right National Rally (RN) party, Jordan Bardella, who has accused France of being too soft on immigration.
The activists, identified as members of a group called “Raise the Colors” that was involved in a national flag-raising campaign, seek to find and destroy boats used to carry migrants and spread propaganda on France’s northern coast calling on the British public to join the movement to stop migration, according to the French interior ministry.
“Our rule of law is non-negotiable, violent or hate-inciting actions have no place on our territory,” French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez wrote on social media platform X on Wednesday.
The ministry said in a statement it had been informed of the group’s activities in December last year and that it had referred the matter to the relevant authorities, as the actions were likely to cause “serious disturbances” to public order.
“Raise the Colors” describes itself as a grassroots movement that began in the central English city of Birmingham, when a small group started tying national flags to lampposts in a show of national pride. It says the effort has since spread across the UK.
The widespread display of the red-and-white St. George’s Cross for England and the Union Jack for Britain has prompted concern among some migrant communities as a reflection of rising anti-immigration sentiment in the country, coinciding with a wave of protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers last year.
Neither the group nor the British Foreign Office immediately responded to Reuters requests for comment.
Immigration and the crossings of small boats carrying migrants from France have become a focal point for British voters and has helped propel Nigel Farage’s right-wing, anti-immigration Reform UK party, into a commanding opinion poll lead.
Farage last year in London met the leader of French far-right National Rally (RN) party, Jordan Bardella, who has accused France of being too soft on immigration.
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