ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will today take up the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) request for early hearing of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s appeals against his conviction in two corruption cases.

A division bench of the IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will hear the petitions against Nawaz Sharif.The anti-corruption watchdog pleaded with the high court to pronounce the 14-year imprisonment of the former prime minister in the Al-Azizia case. In this regard, Special Prosecutor of NAB submitted before the court an application under section 151 CPC of early hearing of Sharif’s appeals against his sentences in Al-Azizia and Avenfield cases.

The NAB stated in its application that the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) ordained that the matters falling within the purview of enactment are to be expeditiously disposed of and decided.