1 Crl. App. No.01-2019 JUDGMENT SHEET IN THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD CASE NO. : CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.01-2019 Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Vs. State through Chairman, National Accountability Bureau, Islamabad Appellant by : Respondents by : Date of decision : Kh. Haris Ahmed, Sr. ASC, Mr. Munawwar Iqbal Duggal, ASC, Mr. Sher Afghan, ASC, Mr. Zubair Khalid, ASC, Mr. Ibrahim Haroon, AHC, Mr. Arshad Jadoon, Mr. Atta Ullah Tarar, Advocate and Mr. M. Faisal Irfan, Advocate Mr. Jahanzeb Khan Bharwana, Additional Prosecutor General NAB, Mr. Imran ul Haq Khan, Deputy Prosecutor General NAB, Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi, Deputy Prosecutor General NAB, Mr. Naeem Tariq Sanghera, Special Prosecutor, Syed Jalal Hussain, Special Prosecutor, NAB. Mr. Tariq Mahmood Khokhar, Additional Attorney General, Mr. Arshad Mehmood Kayani, Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Saqlain Haider Awan, Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Khan Khakwani and Mr. Farrukh Shehzad Dall, Assistant Attorney General 15.09.2020 Crl. Misc. NOS.213 & 229-2020 AAMER FAROOQ J. These are applications under section 561-A Cr.P.C., alongwith other provisions, filed by the appellant. 2. On the last date of hearing i.e. 10.09.2020, it was brought to the attention of the Court that the appellant has been declared a ‘proclaimed offender’ in another Reference filed before Accountability Court No.III, Islamabad and the learned Additional Prosecutor General, NAB argued that since this is the position, applications filed by the appellant cannot proceed further. Learned counsel for the appellant had sought an adjournment for addressing arguments on this issue as well as his right of audience. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant/applicant submitted that the fact that appellant has been declared a proclaimed offender in other proceedings does not preclude his right of audience in the instant