ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif accompanied by his daughter Maryam Nawaz appeared on Monday before the Federal Judicial Complex, which is hearing corruption references against the three.

Captain (retd) Safdar also appeared before the court.

The court will resume the case at 1pm. 

Nawaz is facing three corruption references in the accountability court filed by NAB in light of the Supreme Court's July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case which led to his disqualification.

Maryam and Safdar are named in one reference.

The accountability court in the the hearing on November 28 had not conducted any proceedings  due to the absence of the defence counsel.

Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar had, however, appeared before the court.

IHC to announce verdict on Nawaz?s plea 

The Islamabad High Court will announce the verdict Nawaz's plea to club all his National Accountability Bureau references today.

The accountability court on November 8 had again dismissed Nawaz's plea seeking the clubbing of three references into one, which was later challenged in the IHC.

At the hearing on November 20, Nawaz's lawyer pointed out similarities between the Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment references, pleading that they be combined.

Nawaz's counsel Azam Nazir Tarar argued before the two-member bench that the accountability court had noted the similarities between the references.

The lawyer told the bench that the accountability court had decided against clubbing the three references ? Avenfield, Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment ? without waiting for the IHC verdict on the matter.

The bench then reserved its decision after hearing NAB's version on the matter.

On November 14, the IHC had sent notices to NAB on the petition.

Nawaz's petition pleads the IHC to direct the accountability court ?to frame one charge and conduct a single trial? against the Sharif family in the three corruption references.

Nawaz's petition pleads the IHC to direct the accountability court ?to frame one charge and conduct a single trial? against the Sharif family in the three corruption references.