Says court decisi­ons given out of malice­ISLAMABAD: Deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif responded to the Supreme Court’s verdict barring him from heading the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) after disqualifying him as prime minister last year, by suggesting the top court to take away his identity. Nawaz said that in the judgment of July 28, 2017, the Supreme Court had ‘snatched’ his premiership and now his party leadership was snatched in the verdict of February 21. The ousted PM claimed that the SC took help from the dictionary while taking away premiership from him last year by disqualifying him on the basis of ‘imaginary salary’ from his son. He said that there is no law in Pakistan that paves the way for disqualifying a prime minister over imaginary salary from his son and for having an ‘Iqama’. Reflecting on the February 21 judgment, Nawaz alleged that the decision was based on the same reasons that had earlier been used to disqualify him – “it was envisaged to disqualify me for lifetime from politics.”He alleged that the decisions were being given in revenge.

Source: The Express Tribune February 22, 2018 07:52 UTC