In February, the apex court also disqualified Sharif as the head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. In today’s verdict, the apex court said that under the country’s Constitution, no person once disqualified from office by the top court can hold public office again. Supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif chant slogans following the Supreme Court decision to disqualify Sharif from holding office for life, in Islamabad. (REUTERS) Supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif chant slogans following the Supreme Court decision to disqualify Sharif from holding office for life, in Islamabad. Sharif’s second term as Prime Minister from 1997 ended in 1999 when then powerful Army chief General Pervez Musharraf staged a bloodless coup.

Source: Indian Express April 13, 2018 12:11 UTC