ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday submitted a progress report of references against the Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to the monitoring judge appointed by the Supreme Court, sources told Geo News.

The Supreme Court appointed a judge to monitor proceedings of the references filed against the Sharif family in the light of its verdict in the Panama case. The appointment was made in order to avoid any negligence and casualness often demonstrated by different institutions during the corruption trial.

The report, submitted to the SC judge, includes details of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's indictment by the accountability court, sources said.

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On Wednesday, the court formally framed charges against Nawaz in person in the three references faced by the former premier.

Rejecting the charges in the three references and pleading not guilty, as his representative had done earlier, Nawaz said in court that he was denied the right to a fair trial and his basic rights were not protected.

The details regarding rejection of Nawaz Sharif's plea to club the three references against him are also included in the NAB report, they said. The high court orders in this regard have also been made part of it.

Sources said the progress report also has details regarding Dar's absence from court proceedings and names of witnesses summoned for the next hearing.

It also contains copies of various court orders issued on different occasions, they added.

The references

The NAB has in total filed three references against the Sharif family and another against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the accountability court, in light of the Supreme Court's orders in the Panama Papers case verdict of July 28.

The anti-graft body was given six weeks, from the date of the apex court's order, to file the reference in an accountability court while the accountability court was granted six months to wrap up the proceedings.

The references against the Sharif family pertain to the Azizia Steel Mills and Hill Metals Establishment, their London properties and over dozen offshore companies owned by the family.

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Maryam and Safdar are only nominated in the London properties reference. At an earlier hearing, the court also approved Maryam and Safdar's bail in the Avenfield properties case and ordered them to submit surety bonds worth Rs5 million each.

Safdar was also directed to take the court's permission before leaving the country from now on. The judge also provided a copy of the reference ? spread over 53 volumes ? to Maryam and Safdar.

NAB's Rawalpindi branch prepared two references regarding the Azizia Steel Mills and Hill Metals Establishment, and the nearly dozen companies owned by the Sharif family.

Its Lahore branch prepared a reference on the Sharif family's Avenfield apartments in London and another against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for owning assets beyond his known sources of income.

If convicted, the accused may face up to 14 years imprisonment and lifelong disqualification from holding public office including the freezing of bank accounts and assets.