In a parliamentary session, the man selected by Sharif as his defense minister, Khawaja Asif, advised the prime minister not to indulge his critics by discussing or explaining his wealth, as the Pakistani nation would soon forget about the Panama Papers
Source/Credit: Asia Times
By Tuba Athar Hasnain | July 31, 2017
There was nearly complete silence in Pakistan on Friday morning, as it was Judgment Day, not only for Nawaz Sharif, but also for his dynasty. Pakistanis around the world were glued to their television screens, and this time it was not because their very own Shahid Afridi was holding the bat on the cricket pitch to hit a six, but instead, the sitting prime minister was doing the batting.
As soon as the clock ticked to 12:10, the silence increased, because Sharif was out, disqualified by the Supreme Court on corruption charges.
To be sure, a faction of the people – not only supporters of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, but others too – were happy with the verdict, holding the opinion that it was only through such judicial decisions that the gates would close on corruption and money-laundering in Pakistan. But on the other hand, there was also a group who were of the view that the Supreme Court judgment was a black one, in fact terming it a “judicial coup” – an alliance of the country’s strong establishment and the judiciary.
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