Efforts to oust Nawaz Sharif from politics failed miserably: Maryam Nawaz
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He is also accused of getting expensive cars from Toshakhana by paying only 15 per cent of the price. Nawaz was convicted in the Al-Azizia Mills and Avenfield corruption cases in 2018. He was serving a seven-year prison sentence in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail before being allowed to travel to London on ‘medical grounds’ in 2019.
After the swearing in of the new Chief Justice of Pakistan, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz said that efforts to oust her father from the country’s politics had failed miserably. And he expressed hope that the judiciary will now do justice. Justice Qazi Faiz was sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan on Sunday. PML-N senior vice president Maryam claimed that efforts to oust her father Nawaz and uncle Shehbaz Sharif from politics have failed miserably.
Maryam was seen openly criticizing former Chief Justice (retd) Omar Ata Bandial on several occasions. Not only this, he also accused him of being biased and in some cases giving unfair advantage to ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf). Dawn newspaper quoted Maryam as saying, “The scale of justice will now be balanced for all citizens and the PML-N chief and other party leaders will be freed from the injustice of ‘Project Imran’ activists.” Brother and former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also expressed hope for justice after the appointment of the new Chief Justice.
According to the news of ‘Dawn’ newspaper, “In a statement, the former Prime Minister congratulated the new Chief Justice and expressed hope that the credibility and prestige of Pakistan’s judiciary will increase. Nawaz Sharif is returning to Pakistan on October 21 after four years and here he will have to face court hearing in several cases. Nawaz, 73, had flown to London in November 2019 after getting permission from the Lahore High Court to go abroad for four weeks for treatment. In such a situation, with his return, the hearing against him in the Toshakhana case can be resumed. In this case, a court had declared him a fugitive in 2020.
He is also accused of getting expensive cars from Toshakhana by paying only 15 per cent of the price. Nawaz was convicted in the Al-Azizia Mills and Avenfield corruption cases in 2018. He was serving a seven-year prison sentence in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail before being allowed to travel to London on ‘medical grounds’ in 2019.
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