Nawaz wanted to remove CJP Saqib Nisar
July 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The PMLN government was all set to remove the then Chief Justice Saqib Nisar after Nawaz Sharif’s removal and disqualification but the decision was aborted at the eleventh hour.
The draft reference for the Supreme Judicial Council was prepared during the tenure of the previous government. It was sent to the then Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who even took it to the then president. But it was later decided to kill the proposal.
Only a few in the PMLN government knew about the plan even though, sources say, CJP Saqib Nisar had got a hint of what was cooking against him. Sources say that former prime minister and the PMLN’s top leader Nawaz Sharif wanted the removal of Saqib Nisar after Nawaz was disqualified and removed from the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. His successor, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, later spoke to Nawaz Sharif and convinced him to drop the idea.