ISLAMABAD: The lead counsel for Nawaz Sharif has given up representing his client after the Islamabad High Court rejected his application for deferring the issuance of the former prime minister’s proclamation, the court was informed on Tuesday.
Khawaja Haris Ahmed, the defence counsel for the ex-premier, all of a sudden ‘disassociated’ himself from the case, at least for the time being, assuming that he had lost the right of audience due to his absconsion.
A division bench of the high court comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani had on Sept 15 dismissed the application. However, the court, while disposing of another application, had observed that the matter related to right of Mr Sharif’s audience would be examined at an appropriate stage.As the court resumed hearing on Tuesday, Additional Attorney General Tariq Mehmood Khokhar informed it that the warrants for arrest had been delivered to the Avenfield Apartments residence of the convict. Warrants delivered at convict’s residence in London through Royal Mail, says additional attorney general
An official of the Pakistan High Commission in the UK, Rao Abdul Hanan, had visited the residence to hand over the warrants, but an employee namely Yaqoob refused to receive them, the law officer said. Subsequently, the High Commission officials dispatched the warrants to the residence through Royal Mail, he said, adding that a person namely Hassan received the warrants and signed the receipt.
Source: dawn.com
