Islamabad(June 11, 2018): Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that he has not submitted any plea in the apex court for permission to travel London to meet his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.
Talking to the newsmen outside Accountability Court, Nawaz Sharif said he only requested accountability court but it was rejected, however, he will think of going to London during Eid holidays, he added.
Replying to a question asked about former President Parvez Musharraf, who is saying will return to homeland after bail in all cases against him, Nawaz Sharif said he won’t say anything in this regard.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday has said that the announcement of final Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket holders for upcoming elections will take some time.
The ex-PM also avoided question-related to former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar’s statement.
Earlier today, Legal Counsel of Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Khawaja Haris excused from representing Nawaz Sharif from in the NAB references filed against his family.
Announcing his decision to withdraw his legal services to Nawaz during the hearing of Al-Azizia reference, 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. 
The lawyer further remarked that he was dictated to work beyond court hours. Haris was also directed to appear before the court on the weekends, the written note said.
Nawaz’s former legal counsel remarked that he could not continue to work in the present conditions.
The three references are possibly faced with a delay till Nawaz hires the services of another lawyer.
Yesterday, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on June 10 had directed the accountability court to announce its verdict on all three corruption references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family within a month.
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During the proceeding, the petitioner said that concluding remarks are underway in Avenfield reference, Wajid Zia is being prosecuted in Al Azizia reference while the statement of investigation officer is yet to be recorded.
The verdict in the case cannot be declared yet, therefore, the extension is needed, he added.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar directed NAB court judge Justice Mohammad Bashir to complete the hearing as early as possible as the accused and the people are in immense tension.
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