Nawaz thanks Allah for Maryam’s acquittal in Avenfield reference

LONDON: Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has thanked Almighty Allah after Islamabad High Court acquitted Maryam Nawaz Sharif and her husband Captain Safdar in the Avenfield properties corruption reference, nullifying the conviction handed to them in 2018 by an accountability court just ahead of general elections.

Reacting to the court decision, Nawaz Sharif told reporters here that the decision in Maryam’s favour has come due to the “blessings of Allah”. Nawaz Sharif, who has maintained he was disqualified for life and convicted in 2018 to pave the way for the hybrid project, said he had left his matter to Allah.

“I said a long time ago, several years ago, that I have left my matter to the Almighty Allah. If you are truthful and honest then Allah takes care of you. Truth always prevails.

The whole world and the whole nation can see the truth now. I am thankful to Allah,” said the former premier who heard the decision in London accompanied by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, industrialist Mian Munir, his son and Maryam’s son-in-law Raheel Munir and other colleagues. Speaking to PML-N leaders, Nawaz Sharif congratulated his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain Safdar and claimed that the cases against the father-daughter duo were "baseless".