Another judge recuses himself from hearing petitions of Chaudhry brothers.

LAHORE -- A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Tuesday referred petitions, filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leaders

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Speaker Punjab Assembly, against National Accountability Bureau (NAB), to LHC chief Justice for fixing before another bench after a member of the bench recused himself from hearing them.

The matter came up for hearing before a two-judge bench of Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural. However, Justice Ghural recused himself from hearing the matter.

This the second time a judge has recused himself from hearing the cases. Justice Farooq Haider, a member of previous bench, excused from hearing the petitions last week.

Chaudhry brothers had challenged NAB investigations into charges of misuse of authority, willful default and assets beyond means against them.

They submitted that the bureau launched investigations against them on above said charges in 2000, and it failed to find an iota of evidence against them during the past 19...