LHC bench refuses to hear Nawaz plea.

LAHORE -- A two-judge Lahore High Court (LHC) bench on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal seeking the right of review petition for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif disqualified in Panama Papers case.

The LHC bench consisting of Justice Shahid Kareem and Justice Abid Aziz Shaikh refused to take up the petition requesting that the right of filing a review petition against the verdict of Panama case against Nawaz be granted. AK Dogar Advocate, the petitioner, claimed that the former prime minister was not given the right to appeal under the Article 184 (3), which is against law. The petition stated Every individual has a legal and constitutional right to appeal. The petition submitted that the prior order disqualifying the supreme leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz should be declared null and void.

The infamous Panama Papers case was initiated in 2016 against the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The findings of a Joint Investigation Team in the Panama case strengthened the case and led to the ouster of Nawaz from the public office.

At present, Nawaz Sharif is imprisoned at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. An Islamabad-based accountability court on December 24 had sentenced him to seven years imprisonment in Al-Azizia Steel Mill reference in connection with Panama case.

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