The BBC's Owen Bennett-Jones says the trouble began when one of Mr Sharif's co-accused claimed that there were plain-clothes intelligence officers in the courtroom on Wednesday.
Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC Islamabad correspondent at the time, recalls that when Mr Sharif was removed from power, many Pakistanis expressed great relief, describing him as corrupt, incompetent and power-hungry.
New contracts will be offered to Paul Barrett, Dan Bennett, Lee Jones, Andy Morrell, Wayne Phillips, Steve Roberts, Kristian Rogers, Steve Thomas and Jim Whitley.