ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday hired Jahangir Jadoon to advocate him in the references filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after Khawaja Haris rescued himself from the case on June 11.
Haris had announced his decision to withdraw from representing Nawaz in the NAB references during the hearing of Al-Azizia reference. Among other reasons for the decision, he had said the Supreme Court ‘dictated on completing the trial within a month’ and asked him to work on the weekends.
Maryam’s lawyer Amjad Pervaiz, however, failed to appear before the court.
Judge Muhammad Bashir then gave Pervaiz till June 19 to present his final arguments and adjourned the hearing.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam were earlier given an exemption from appearing in court today.
Following this, Nawaz and Maryam left for the airport on Thursday morning, from where they departed for London to visit Nawaz’s ailing wife Begum Kulsoom, who is receiving medical treatment in London.
On Sunday, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar directed an accountability court to announce its verdict on all three corruption references against Nawaz and his family within a month.
Nawaz and his family are facing three corruption cases in the accountability court after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed references against them in light of the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Panama Papers case.
The trial against the Sharif family had commenced on September 14, 2017.
The corruption references, filed against the Sharifs, pertain to the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Hill Metal Establishment, offshore companies including Flagship Investment Limited, and Avenfield properties of London.
