ISLAMABAD (SW): The Supreme Court in Pakistan has declared Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as 'disqualified' in the Panama Paper case about money laundering and corruption.
Announcing their verdict in the Panama Papers case, all five judges ruled to register a case against the premier and ordered sending a reference against the premier and his family to an accountability court. 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, Geo News reported.
Sharif’s office has announced his resignation, and dissolution of the federal cabinet.
The reference will also be filed against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and MNA Capt (retd) Safdar, the premier's son-in-law. The verdict was announced by the original five-member bench that heard the landmark case from January this year.
In April, Prime Minister Sharif narrowly escaped being declared guilty in corruption scandal exposed by the Panama Papers by the Supreme Court of the country. Ever since the Panama Papers revealed last year that the sons and daughter of the Prime Minister do have off-shore accounts, a leading opposition party the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) had been campaigning against Sharif, and demanding his resignation.
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