According to a report in Dawn News, NAB urged the court to dismiss the petition with costs, saying it is "neither maintainable nor competent".
Nawaz was convicted in December of last year in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills Company and Hill Metal Establishment reference. Accountability court Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik sentenced the former prime minister to seven years imprisonment and fined him Rs1.5 billion and $25 million and he is currently serving his sentence in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.
in January, Nawaz challenged the sentence in the IHC, stating that “the accountability court’s verdict in the case is marred with flaws and legal lacunas”. He had also filed an application seeking suspension of the sentence.