Embattled former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today requested the accountability court hearing corruption cases against him and his family to delay by a week the announcement of the verdict in one of the four cases against him.

The counsel for the Sharif family submitted applications in the accountability court seeking a week’s delay in the announcement of the verdict in the Avenfield corruption case – scheduled to be announced tomorrow.

In the identical applications compiled on behalf of Sharif and his daughter, Maryam, the counsel cited the poor health of Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of the former premier, who is hospitalised in London, as the reason for the family’s bid to have the verdict postponed.