(NATIONAL) Nawaz files applications in IHC seeking restoration of appeals against convictions.

ISLAMABAD -- Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday filed applications in the Islamabad High Court requesting the court to restore his pending appeals against his convictions in two NAB references, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The applications were filed by Amjad Pervaiz advocate in the high court on behalf of Nawaz Sharif. The IHC has been prayed to restore the appeals of the petitioner against his conviction in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references. The court had dismissed both appeals due to non-pursuance of the case.

The former premier was convicted in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references and was declared a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana vehicle case, which is pending before an Islamabad accountability court. He was on bail in these cases when he left for the United Kingdom in 2019 on medical grounds.

On his arrival in Islamabad on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, the first thing the PML-N supremo had done was to sign his court applications and complete his biometric verification at the Islamabad International Airport.

It is to be noted that biometric verification is mandatory for...