LHC judge recuses from hearing petition against Model Town JIT.

LAHORE -- A member of the Lahore High Court's (LHC) larger bench recused himself on Tuesday from hearing the petitions challenging the formation of a second Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Model Town massacre.

As the seven-member bench headed by the LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti commenced proceedings, Justice Ali Zia Bajwa refused to hear the case due to personal reasons.

Meanwhile, the accused told the court that their counsel Azam Nazeer Tarar had become a minister and could not continue pleading their case and thus, they needed time to get a new lawyer.

They said that they needed two weeks time after Justice Bhatti questioned how long the task would take.

Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) lawyer Azhar Siddique told the court that one member of the bench had been serving as a lawyer in the trial court and requested that the court reconstitute the larger bench.

Justice Bhatti responded that the bench will investigate the matter as the hearing was adjourned till November 29.

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