The accountability court, in a momentous decision on Friday, sentenced deposed prime mininster Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison. His daughter Maryam has also been sentenced to seven years in the Avenfield corruption case. Sharif’s son in law, Capt (R) Safdar has also been sentenced to one year in jail.
All eyes across Pakistan were glued to TV screens as Judge Muhammad Bashir of the accountability court read out the 100-page verdict. The historic decision was to be announced earlier, but after multiple delays, the court announced the verdict in the presence of media personnel at 4:20 pm.
#AvenfieldReference
Mamnoon Hussain right now pic.twitter.com/Gkq46VcydI
— Syed Aoun MehDii (@Aounmehdi24) July 6, 2018
Verdict delayed again.#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/ZuuN4cqHHW
— @hmed @nsari (@8fc1bebec6db405) July 6, 2018
#AvenfieldReference
Pak Nation after seeing the news of further delay for the verdict pic.twitter.com/OCSWTp2KHb
— MASROOR RAJPAR (@MASROORRAJPAR1) July 6, 2018
Nawaz Sharif trying to delay the verdict.#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/GmPv47Efj5
— Zakria Khalid (@zakria_khalid) July 6, 2018
Of course, Twitterati have been busy with their own coverage of the incident. Here, we have compiled some of the most hilarious tweets regarding the #AvenfieldReference case. While the nation waited for the verdict to be announced, this is what some witty Pakistanis were up to:
Waiting for faisla be like: #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/ZZJcOdXpe2
— Gul.m (@gullmuhammad354) July 6, 2018
Waiting for the decision like. #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/daX1rGKDSH
— Rabia Anum Obaid (@RabiaAnumm) July 6, 2018
The whole nation right now… #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/wqLdKXZq27
— Mian Omer (@Iam_Mian) July 6, 2018
Meanwhile Pakistani's waiting for faisla be like: #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/EDmIRiN14A
— Fitna (@MeriSunlo) July 6, 2018
Pakistani awam waiting for Judge Mohd. Bashir to announce the verdict like #AvenfieldReference #AvenField #Verdict #NawazSharif pic.twitter.com/DdLdlefZFn
— lowkey☠️ (@pahareya) July 6, 2018
Situation of Judge Bashir saab in Court #AvenfieldReference
pic.twitter.com/nAW6qcS7SN
— Farooq Afridi (@FaryAfridi1) July 6, 2018
Patwari Right Now #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/0HsYXig6E2
— Ahmad Khan (@iamAhmadokz) July 6, 2018
Nawaz Sharif's lawyer outside Judge Bashir's chamber. pic.twitter.com/7PFeqkHOWt
— SIR .. (@SirJohnRoe) July 6, 2018
Ch Nisar right now… #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/Yi4uYoLQO0
— Mehwish Ijaz (@MehwishIjazi) July 6, 2018
While the verdict is being announced:
Live scenes from the court rooms:#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/z5yJXBCXXZ
— saad. (@ecstasy_404) July 6, 2018
And it starts :
#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/MmJ5ZYwFv5
— Engr. Sadam Khan (@sadamengr_) July 6, 2018
Media reporters outside courtroom be like……..#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/TF2lPmS4lb
— Sidra Batool (@SidraBatool112) July 6, 2018
Media Outside The Courtroom#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/J6xeEtYwAd
— S H A H M E E R (@ShahmeerAliPTI) July 6, 2018
Once the sentences were announced, we hit gold on Twitter.
Nawaz family right now #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/saZ3zOfMAc
— Faizan Abid Awan (@faizi_pakistani) July 6, 2018
Pakistanis right now:#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/3cWCGwMHZz
— ALi HAMZA (@DaPakistaniGuy) July 6, 2018
Ch Nisar Right Now
#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/pSGYSSapZm
— پاکستانی (@kash_zee) July 6, 2018
Ch Nisar right now happy mood #AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/45o2yoplf6
— Zaiboo⭕ (@zaibasi) July 6, 2018
#AvenfieldReference Nawaz 10 years and Maryam 7 years sardar 1 year jail sentence … goalllllllllllllllll pic.twitter.com/pw2ghTeM7v
— hassaan khan (@hksina) July 6, 2018
Me right now:#AvenfieldReference pic.twitter.com/IEgStybTPN
— SALSABEEL (@salsabeelbutt01) July 6, 2018
Celebrations ….#AvenfieldReference #Pakistan#PakAwaitsPunishmentToNS #TeamIK @MiaNaMateenPti @FarhanKVirk @asamkhan852 @AftabAfridiPTI @Jhelum @TasawurS @Nomysahir pic.twitter.com/ADRxSdDmFZ
— فقیرِ عشق (@mfaizanahmad) July 6, 2018
Earlier, the court had reserved its judgment in the case after almost 10 months of proceedings and roughly 80 plus appearances of the former prime minister, his daughter Maryam and Capt (retd) Safdar.
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Original news : https://tribune.com.pk/story/1751244/4-hilarious-reactions-avenfieldreference-verdict/