ISLAMABAD, June 11 (TNS): Nawaz Sharif’s legal counsel Khawaja Haris on Monday recused himself from representing the former prime minister in the corruption references filed by NAB against the Sharif family.
Announcing his decision to withdraw his legal services to Nawaz during the hearing of Al-Azizia reference today, Haris said the Supreme Court had ‘dictated on completing the trial within a month.’
In a written note to the apex court, Haris said that the top court had not accepted his stance on the three references. “As a professional lawyer, I think the arguments for all of the three references [against Nawaz and his family] could be presented together,” he observed.
Haris, during the hearing of Al-Azizia reference on June 4, had requested accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir to hear the arguments for all three corruption references jointly. “Sixty per cent of the arguments are the same in the three references,” Harris had said.
The lawyer, in his letter, expressed inability to work on Saturdays and Sundays as ordered by the Supreme Court. Haris said he was ‘dictated’ to work beyond court hours.
Nawaz’s former legal counsel remarked that he could not continue to work in the present conditions.
