Pakistan, July 20 -- An accountability court Friday quashed a plea by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking action against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz for allegedly submitting a bogus trust deed in the Avenfield case.Judge Muhammad Bashir returned the petition, saying it is not maintainable on the basis of the fact that Maryam has already an appeal against the Avenfield properties verdict pending in the Islamabad High Court.

During course of the hearing, NAB's Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar Khan Abbasi in his arguments told the court that when the verdict in the case was presented, the bench had said that the matter of the use of fake documents will be looked at separately. In re...