Former disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif claimed that his “punishment” being dictated.
Nawaz speaking to the media on Wednesday follwoing appearing before the accountability court, said that it seemed the detailed Supreme Court order dismissing their review petition in the Panama Papers case was written by their political opponents.
Nawaz claimed that the detailed judgement of review petition was a message to the accountability court that Nawaz has to be punished at any cost.
He told the media to mark his words, that the “judge will not give the punishment [on his own]” but will be dictated to do so.
Nawaz recalled that he made similar remarks in 1999 [after his government was ousted in a military coup] in the plane-highjacking case, saying he was trapped at the time and the same is being repeated today.
He also said that the principles and criteria of courts differ in his and others’ cases.
Referring to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s bail approval by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) yesterday, Nawaz said, “the courts have double standards. We are striving against these double standards and will take this struggle to its logical end”. (PhotoNews / Geo News)
