SC grants 'final extension' to Sharifs' corruption trial.

Islamabad -- The Supreme Court on Friday granted the final extension to the accountability court hearing two corruption references against the Sharif family.

The apex court's deadline to conclude a corruption trial against the Sharifs had ended on October 7, after which, an extension plea had been submitted to the SC.

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, was hearing the petition on Friday.

During the hearing, Nawaz Sharif's legal counsel Khawaja Haris appeared before the apex court and requested an eight-week extension to conclude the Flagship Investment and Al-Azizia corruption references.

The top court, however, rejected the plea, stating that it could not grant more than four weeks to conclude the cases.

Haris then requested the court to accept his plea...