News @ 3 - 10th August 2018

ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seized with the hearing of appeals filed by former premier Nawaz Sharif and members of his family against their sentences dissolved after a judge went on summer vacation, ARY News reported.

Justice Aamer Farooq of the IHC went on summer vacations after which the registrar of the court referred the case to the chief justice to constitute another bench to hear and decide it.

Meanwhile, the former premier, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar filed a miscellaneous application seeking an amendment in their petitions by nominating as respondent the accountability court and National Accountability Bureau (NAB).