Nawaz moves SC against conviction

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Former Prime Minister and chief of Pakistan Muslim League-N on Tuesday moved a petition requesting the Supreme Court to set aside his conviction in 2000 in plane hijacking case.
The petition was submitted by his counsel Khawja Haris under Article 185 (3) of the Constitution. It seeks leave to appeal against the 2000 judgement of full bench of the Sindh High Court.
The PML-N leader has requested that the petition may be converted into appeal and the conviction and sentences passed against him be set aside.
The petitioner says the convictions and sentences passed against him were unjust, unfair and coram non judice and the same were represented to have been washed away pursuant to an order passed by the then President of Pakistan under Article 45 of the Constitution.
Nevertheless, the convictions and sentences were perceived to be clinging as a stigma to his person.
It is therefore requested that the court may very graciously grant leave to appeal against judgement of full bench of Sindh High Court, Karachi, dated 30-10-2000 and after converting the same into appeal, the convictions and sentences passed against the petitioner may kindly be set aside.