Pakistan: Shahbaz Sharif will be Pakistan's new Prime Minister
- By IBTN News Bureau --
- 29 July 2017
Shahbaz Sharif will be the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. The announcement has been made in the Pakistani media. Shahbaz Sharif is the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Sharif was removed from his post on Friday (July 28).
Nawaz Sharif was declared as corrupt by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. His name came in Panama Paper. Whose case was going there. The verdict came on July 28. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned today when the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Panamagate case disqualified him and ordered him to file a corruption case against him and his children.
This is the third time when the 67-year-old Nawaz Sharif's prime minister's tenure ends in the middle. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan read out a decision in the Supreme Court's court number one. On this occasion, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf activists celebrated outside the court. The court disqualified Sharif under Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution. According to these paragraphs, members of the Parliament should be 'honest' and 'like justice'. Justice Khan said, "He is disqualified as a member of parliament, so he has not been able to remain in the Prime Minister's office."
Imran's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tweeted, "The end of Godfather's rule for welfare... truth and justice will prevail."
The Supreme Court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to initiate a case of corruption against Sharif, his sons Hussain and Hassan and daughter Mariyam. He also ordered that the matter should be filed within six weeks and the hearing should be completed within six months.
According to Radio Pakistan, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and member of the National Assembly Captain Mohammad Safdar were also disqualified from the post.
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