Is everyone else in Pakistan honest asks Nawaz Sharif
When I never took a salary, what would I declare," he said, referring to the Supreme Court judgement that led to his ouster.
Nawaz Sharif wants to know if everyone else in Pakistan is honest. Sharif who was ousted as Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday said, "You should be proud that your leader doesn't have a stain of corruption on him."
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing him to resign from premiership.
The court's ruling stated that Sharif had been dishonest in not disclosing his earnings from a Dubai-based company of his son in his nomination papers during the 2013 general election.
One of the judges, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, said that Sharif was no longer "eligible to be an honest member of the parliament".
Addressing
leaders
of
his
Pakistan
Muslim
League-Nawaz
(PML-N),
Sharif
said,
"I
am
proud
that
I
have
not
been
declared
ineligible
over
charges
of
corruption,"
he
said
at
the
PML-N's
parliamentary
meeting
that
approved
his
brother
and
Punjab
Chief
Minister
Shehbaz
Sharif
as
his
successor.
The former premier claimed he did not receive any kickbacks or commissions and never compromised on principles.
"When I never took a salary, what would I declare," he said, referring to the Supreme Court judgement that led to his ouster. "When you take something, there's a problem; when you don't, there's a problem," he observed.
"Is it only my family that should be held accountable? Is everyone else in this country Sadiq (honest) and Ameen (righteous)?" he asked.
"My conscience is clear," he asserted. "If I had done something wrong; or took something from this country that was not mine, I would have felt the guilt myself," he said.
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