Summary The opposition is now trying hard to disqualify him for lifetime, said Nawaz Sharif.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday has said that decisions against him are being announced in anger and revenge.
Talking to media outside the accountability court, Nawaz Sharif said all the verdicts revolve around him, adding that the opposition is now trying hard to disqualify him for lifetime.
Responding to the Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict of ousting him from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) presidency, Sharif said, “Take my name as well if there is any such clause in the Constitution.”
Earlier, SC had announced that a person who doesn’t qualify on Article 62 and 63 of the constitution can also not hold the office of presidency of any political party.
“Ineligible person cannot hold the office of party presidency,” the court said.
SC had also annulled all decisions made by Nawaz Sharif as the party head.
It added that the tickets for Senate elections issued by him will now be cancelled. The ruling party will now have to re-announce its candidates for the Senate polls that were scheduled for next month.
The top court had also directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to remove Nawaz’s name from the column of party presidents. The Section 203 of the Election Act should be read with the Article 62 and 63 of the constitution, SC remarked.
In January 2018, SC had accepted petitions for hearing against the Election Act of 2017. These pleas were submitted by Awami Muslim League (AML), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and other political parties as well as groups of lawyers.
In July 2017, the top court had disqualified Nawaz Sharif from premiership in connection with Panama Papers case under Article 62. The five-judge larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan unanimously announced the decision in courtroom No 1.
PM Nawaz is no more truthful and honest as he failed to prove his assets of 2013, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan told the packed courtroom.
