<span style="color: #222222;">A Pakistani judge has recused himself from hearing a petition filed against the conviction and sentencing of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law in the Avenfield properties corruption case. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Geo TV said, Lahore High Court's (LHC) Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza, who headed a three-member bench constituted by LHC Chief Justice on the 4th of this month to hear the petition, recused himself citing personal reasons.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi and Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem made up the rest of the bench.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Following the breakup of the bench formed to hear the petition, Justice Mirza has referred the matter to LHC chief justice.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the 6th of last month, Sharif, Maryam and Capt (retd) Safdar were convicted for not disclosing details of the purchase of four posh apartments in London. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The three-time Pakistan premier is serving a 10-year jail term in a corruption case over his family's purchase of luxury apartments in London. He has been lodged in the Adiala Jail since the 13th of last month.</span><br />''