Panama: Nawaz Sharif disqualified as Pak PM

Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as the Prime Minister of Pakistan by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case. In a unanimous verdict, the court also barred him from electoral politics for five years. This is the third time that Sharif has been unable to complete his term in office.

In a unanimous decision by five judge bench, the referred all corruption charges against Sharif and his three children to an accountability court. The Supreme Court also dismissed finance minister Ishaq Dar.

The court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau to file the reference in an accountability court in six weeks and for the case to be wrapped up within six months.

The Supreme Court said that the Election Commission of Pakistan should de-seat the PM for not disclosing is role in the Dubai based Capital FZE company in his nomination papers. Justice Ejaz Khan who headed the bench announced that the court unanimously deemed Nawaz Sharif unfit from holding office.

The judges held that he had dishonest to parliament and the courts and hence he could not be deemed fit to hold office.

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