ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk will preside over a meeting of the federal cabinet today in Islamabad.
The cabinet will take up a number of important matters, including the one with regard to trial of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family in the two pending cases against them.
It is expected to undo its previous decision to hold the Sharif family’s trial behind the closed doors.
The cabinet is expected to meet at 11:00pm.
Other matters that will come under discussion include a detailed briefing on overall security situation, free and fair conduct of elections, and measures so far taken to combat money laundering in line with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) conditions.
Earlier, the government had issued a notification to conduct trial of the former premier in the two NAB cases in prison. His lawyer, however, has challenged the decision to hold jail trial.
As the Avenfield case has been wrapped up, while two NAB cases, including Al-Azizia/Hill Metal Establishment, are pending. In the two remaining references Nawaz Sharif and his two sons have been named as accused.
On July 6, the PML-N supreme leader was awarded 10 years in prison, while his daughter Maryam and her spouse Capt. Safdar were handed seven years’ and one year’s prison term, respectively.
Safdar was arrested on July 8 while the former premier and his daughter were arrested on the night of July 13 exactly a week after their conviction in the NAB case.
Judge Muhammad Bashir ordered forfeiture of their properties in the Avenfield Apartments and Park Lane of London. He imposed a fine of £8 million (approximately Rs1,292m) on the former premier and £2 million (approximately Rs323m) on his daughter.
Besides, three convicts were awarded an additional one-year imprisonment, which will run concurrently for not cooperating with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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