INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
jail authorities for failing to bring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to court for hearing a corruption case against him.Speaking to
media persons alongside Barrister Zafarullah on Tuesday, Rasheed said that Nawaz Sharif had been summoned twice in a day in the past to
appear in court during the course of the trial since last year."Why is there a difference in the way the hearing is being conducted now," he
asked, wondering why the PML-N leader is being deprived of his legal right to be in court during the hearing against him
Rasheed called on the court to answer these questions that are perturbing the people of Pakistan."Our lawyers have filed appeals," he
stated, adding that they are hopeful that the same speed with which the trial was conducted against Nawaz is applied to the appeal
In response to a question, the senator said the PML-N government did not undertake such a trial against any politician in its five-year
roamed scot-free for years despite warrants being out for them by the relevant courts
Earlier today, the accountability court judge hearing the corruption cases against Nawaz adjourned the case after brief proceedings in order
to wait for the Islamabad High Court's decision on the Sharif family's appeals against the trial court's verdict in the Avenfield
