Senior lawyer Hamid Khan, who was representing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf on the Panama Papers case before the Supreme Court, has requested Imran Khan to withdraw him from the case.
Hamid Khan submitted an application to the PTI chief saying that “after media campaign it is not possible for me to continue representing PTI in the supreme court”.
A senior PTI leader has confirmed that they are indeed changing their lawyer for the Panama Papers case.
Requesting anonymity, the PTI leader said, “The decision regarding the change of lawyer has been taken but it will be announced on Monday or Tuesday.”
Rumours had been circling that the PTI has decided to change its prosecutor but it had earlier rejected the rumour and termed it false.
A panel of senior lawyers including Hamid Khan and Naeem Bokhari were representing the PTI in the supreme court for litigation of Panama Papers case. The apex court on Tuesday questioned the quality of the evidence presented by the PTI and deplored that their 680-page submission had almost nothing to do with the Sharif family’s London properties.
“We are at a loss to understand which lawyer is representing whom,” the judge observed, comparing the PTI’s tome of evidence to the never-ending tales from the Arabian Nights. “We spent six hours simply looking for the relevant document,” Justice Saeed said on Tuesday, asking Hamid Khan again just which side he was representing.
The case’s latest hearing was held on November 17th and it was adjourned until November 30th.
