Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers scandal, plunging the country into a political crisis at a time when it is facing brittle economy and surge in militancy.
Source/Credit: Hundustan Times
By PTI | July 28, 2017
Nawaz Sharif, known as the ‘Lion of Punjab’, became the Prime Minister in the politically unstable Pakistan for a record three times, but every time he was forced to quit in the middle of his term -- first by the presidency, then the military and now the judiciary. (Live updates)
Sharif, who leads the country’s most powerful political family and the ruling PML-N party, successfully managed to swim through all the “tsunamis” since he assumed power for the third term in June 2013, but a Supreme Court ruling against him in the Panamagate case struck a heavy blow to his career.
The court verdict disqualifying Sharif plunges Pakistan into a political crisis at a time when country is facing brittle economy and surge in militancy.
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