AML leader Sheikh Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rashid hailed the accountability court?s indictment of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law MNA Capt (retd) Safdar on Thursday.

Speaking to Geo News following the indictment of the three in the Avenfield properties case, Rashid said such verdicts are witnessed when the Constitution and law are alive.

He said he never doubted the National Accountability Bureau?s (NAB) proceedings in the case.

?Today, the Constitution and law have been implemented,? he said, adding, ?I have never criticised the courts. I did not even criticise the court which handed out punishment to me.?

Rashid pointed out that no country in the world had said Nawaz Sharif was unfairly treated.

Former PM Nawaz, daughter and son-in-law indicted

The Sharif family is facing three corruption references filed by NAB in light of the Supreme Court's verdict in the Panama Papers case

The accountability court hearing corruption cases against the Sharif family indicted Nawaz Sharif, Maryam and Safdar after dismissing pleas of the three to suspend proceedings and halt their indictment.

Nawaz, through his representative, Maryam and Safdar rejected the charges by pleading 'not guilty'.