Avenfield Reference: IHC Adjourns Hearing Till June 23.

Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday couldn't complete arguments in a plea filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz against the sentence in the Avenfield reference.

A two-member divisional bench of the IHC comprising of Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani took up the case.

During the proceedings, Amjad Pervaiz, the counsel of Maryam Nawaz while presenting his arguments said that the trial court had testified to eight witnesses on January 18, 2018. He said that charges were not framed against all accused instead the NAB changed its case.

Amjad Pervaiz, the counsel of Maryam Nawaz couldn't complete his arguments and will continue in the next hearing.

The lawyer further said that he appeared before the court due to the four to the five-month difference in the trust deed and the trust deed bears the signatures of Maryam Nawaz, her husband Captain (r) Safdar, Waqar Ahmad and Jermy Freeman but the anti-graft watchdog didn't probe Waqar Ahmad and Jermy Freeman.

He said that the Supreme Court was informed why this trust deed was created, adding that Hussain Nawaz has two wives and the trust deed would be used in case of any issue.

He said that the NAB had not told him who was the real owner and who was benamdar of the property in its original reference. But the bureau had claimed here that Nawaz Sharif was the real owner of the property and it was in the name of Hussain Nawaz.

He said the NAB s stance was changed in the supplementary reference. The defence...