Supreme Court Disqualifies Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Supreme Court Disqualifies Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
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Five-member bench orders NAB to file references against PMLN leader and his family within six weeks
A five-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ousting him from office.
The unanimous ruling, read out by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, also directed the National Accountability Bureau to file corruption references against the Sharif family Nawaz Sharif, his sons Hasan and Hussain, his daughter Maryam and his son-in-law Captain Safdar within six weeks. Additionally, the court has ordered corruption cases to be filed against finance minister Ishaq Dar.
April 18, 2021
The Broadsheet Inquiry Commission has submitted its findings. The government says that it will take action against all involved
“The apologists of corruption are a dime a dozen. I wonder whether this phenomenon reflects some perverted form of ancient tribalism and moral bankruptcy or such persons are simply standing there with their mouths open, tails wagging hoping for some crumbs from the table.” These are the concluding words of Broadsheet Inquiry Commission Report authored by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed (retired) earlier this month.
The findings of the Broadsheet Inquiry Commission have been debated in the media. The report concludes that the concerned departments of the government did not fully cooperate with the commission in its bid to gather incriminating evidence against those responsible for the loss of millions of dollars.
ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday hurled startling allegations regarding proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on the presidential reference filed against him, which was rejected by the apex court in June last year.
Justice Isa, a sitting judge of the top court, alleged that his colleagues had betrayed him and went to the extent of declaring that former chief justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa had “stabbed him in the back”.
He was making submissions before the 10-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial during hearing of review petitions filed against the court’s June 19, 2020 judgement on the presidential reference in which the court had empowered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct an inquiry into offshore assets of his spouse.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa. SC website/File
Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa alleged on Thursday that former chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa had betrayed him and stabbed him in the back.
Justice Isa made the remarks during a hearing of the review petitions filed against the June 19, 2020, apex court judgement about the presidential reference against him. Justice Umar Ata Bandial presided over the 10-judge SC bench which conducted the hearing. The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has murdered justice, Justice Isa said, adding that President Dr Arif Alvi did not bother to reply to three letters of his and that he hadn t even received a copy of the presidential reference filed against him.
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