Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will challenge the Panama Papers case verdict in court.
According to ‘Geo News’ an appeal will be filed in the next few days and a separate constitutional petition will also be filed.
The constitutional petition will request the chief justice for a full bench, added sources.
Nawaz was briefed by his legal team on the petitions and has given his approval.
Nawaz was disqualified under Article 62 (1)(f) of the Constitution.
Announcing its verdict, the five-member bench unanimously disqualified Nawaz Sharif for failing to disclose his un-withdrawn receivables constituting assets from UAE-based Capital FZE in his nominations papers for the 2013 General Election, stating that this meant he was not ‘honest’ and ‘truthful’, as per the Constitution.
In the verdict, all five judges ruled to send references against Nawaz Sharif, his children Maryam, Hussain and Hasan, son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar and Ishaq Dar to an accountability court.
The court also ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file a reference against the accused in an accountability court in six weeks and directed for the trial to be wrapped up within six months. (PhotoNews / Geo News)
