ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday granted theaccountability court six more weeks to conclude proceedings in the tworeferences against the Sharif family, according to reports.
The accountability court judge had sought four weeks to wrap up the cases,however, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar gave an extension of six weeks.
During a hearing of the case on Tuesday, the counsel for former primeminister Nawaz Sharif had argued before the court that the judge hadalready given a verdict in the Avenfield reference and should, therefore,recuse himself from the two other references.
The bench was not convinced with the arguments of Khawaja Haris and notedthat it would be difficult for a new judge to the hear the case at thisstage.
The chief justice remarked that he did not expect the case to be prejudicedby the judge who was currently conducting the proceedings.
Haris replied that it was unfair of the top court to rule in favour of thejudge, to which the CJP replied that attributing unfairness to the SC wastantamount to not serving the country.
In a judgement issued later, the bench noted that the Sharif family couldmove the application to transfer the case before the judge who was hearingit.