Pakistan\u2019s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday accused the country chief justice of rushing through the hearings in the three corruption cases filed against him, terming it an \u201cextremely unfortunate\u201d example of \u201coppression and injustice\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court had disqualified Sharif, 68, last year, forcing the three-time prime minister to resign. Sharif has dismissed as politically motivated the corruption charges linked to the Panama Papers case.<\/p>\n
Sharif claimed that his fundamental rights were being violated as no lawyer would take up a case where he is not even allowed time to prepare and is asked to appear even on the weekends. He was referring to his lawyer Khawaja Harris who failed to represent him today, arguing that he can neither work under pressure nor on the weekends as demanded by the Accountability Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis last episode of the game that began with Panama [papers] is an extremely unfortunate example of oppression and injustice,\u201d he said, repeating his previous claims of injustices meted out to him in the case.<\/p>\n
As the Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir resumed proceedings in the Al-Azizia case, one of the three graft cases, against Sharif, Harris withdrew, prompting the judge to order the trial court to proceed on a daily basis and even conduct hearings on Saturdays.<\/p>\n
The court asked Sharif if he would engage another lawyer or continue with Harris. Sharif said he needed time to make a decision and the hearing was adjourned till Tuesday. \u201cI do not know whether my right to defence is more important or a decision being given before election. Are the standards of law and justice important or a decision before elections? Are the fundamental rights of a Pakistani citizen important or a decision before elections?\u201d Sharif later told reporters.<\/p>\n
Harris has been Sharif\u2019s lawyer in all three cases filed against him and his family on September 8 following his disqualification as the premier on July 28.<\/p>\n
Fawad Chaudhry of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said that Sharif\u2019s lawyer\u2019s statement was a ploy by Sharif to delay the conclusion in the cases. The Accountability Court is hearing the corruption cases against Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law captain Muhammad Safdar.<\/p>\n
The National Accountability Bureau had filed three cases of corruption and money laundering against Sharif, his sons Hassan and Hussain, daughter Maryam, son-in-law Safdar, and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the Accountability Court in Islamabad and Rawalpindi last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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