LONDON/Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif thundered the superior judiciary for hounding him in revenge but going out of its way to facilitate Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imrn Khan in his legal cases.
Talking to journalists in London, the PML-N supremo claimed a former chief justice and his associates within the Supreme Court played an active role in his arrest, disqualification, and dismantling of his government.
Nawaz Sharif claimed that that CJP Bandial was trying to save PTI chief Imran Khan, who is “implicated in embezzling billions of rupees”.
“The chief justice is well aware that this person [Imran Khan] has wreaked havoc on Pakistan’s economy, ethics, and culture. He has propagated violence and repeatedly violated the Constitution,” the former premier said.
The PML-N supremo further said that former chief justice Saqib Nisar had previously claimed that his aim was to disqualify Nawaz Sharif and throw him behind bars, adding that Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and others have testified to these allegations.
“Saqib Nisar had also said in the past that we must imprison Maryam Nawaz and me and bring Imran Khan into power,” he claimed.
Recalling past statements of Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif said that when the PTI chief became prime minister he said during a visit to the US that he would remove the ceiling fan from Nawaz Sharif’s prison cell.
He added that when Imran Khan was in opposition he used to say that he would tie a rope around Nawaz Sharif’s neck and pull him out of the Prime Minister House.
Earlier,
PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz says the chief justice of Pakistan’s advocacy of the PTI chairman cannot make the former prime minister a gentleman.
During the hearing on the petition filed by the former prime minister against the decision of the Islamabad High Court in the Toshakhana case, Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial remarked that there were shortcomings in the verdict delivered by the trial court in the Toshakhana case.
The chief justice further said they would wait for the Islamabad High Court’s decision till tomorrow (Thursday), after which they would hear the case.
PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, while reacting to the observations, wrote in a message on social media that the chief justice’s advocacy of the PTI chairman could not make the former premier a good man.
She further said such remarks spoiled the image of the chief justice of Pakistan.
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