Nawaz and his family are facing three corruption cases in the accountability court after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed references against them in light of the Supreme Court's verdict in the Panama Papers case.
On Sunday, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar had directed an accountability court to announce its verdict on all three corruption references against Nawaz and his family within a month.
The top judge had remarked that the former premier along with his daughter, Maryam, could visit his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz in London.
Chief Justice Nisar had asked Nawaz's then-lawyer Khawaja Haris to inform the court of his client's date of return from London. He had also said that Nawaz's claim of being denied the permission to visit his ailing wife was a way to gain publicity. "Request us verbally and we will grant the permission [to visit Kulsoom]," the chief justice had said.
In response to a question whether the Supreme Court had granted Nawaz the permission to be absent from court in the corruption references, Nawaz denied having made any request to the apex court.
"I neither made any such request and nor plan to do so," he said in an informal conversation with journalists outside the Federal Judicial Complex where he was present for the hearing of the Al-Azizia reference.
The former prime minister refused to comment when asked about Musharraf's condition to return to Pakistan only if he was given a guarantee in all cases against him. "I won't say anything about that," he said.
The cases
The trial against the Sharif family had commenced on September 14, 2017.
The corruption references, filed against the Sharifs, pertain to the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Hill Metal Establishment, offshore companies including Flagship Investment Ltd, and Avenfield properties of London.
Nawaz and sons Hussain and Hasan are accused in all three references whereas his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Safdar are accused in the Avenfield reference only.
The two brothers, based abroad, have been absconding since the proceedings began last year and were declared proclaimed offenders by the court.
The court originally had a deadline of six months which ended in mid-March but was extended for two months after the judge requested the apex court.
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