'Ex-PM Sharif ousted through judicial coup’ The PML-N stalwart claimed that the political destabilisation was the reason of economic collapse Ex-premier Nawaz Sharif says her daughter Maryam Nawaz being threatened that if she doesn't stop she will be 'smashed'. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted through a “judicial coup” after political destabilisation was created in the country in 2017-18. The PML-N stalwart claimed that the political destabilisation was the reason of economic collapse, which forced the Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) government to go for International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal in its first year.