ISLAMABAD, JUL 28 (DNA) – A high-level huddle chaired by Nawaz Sharif is underway at the PM House in Islamabad to discuss the appointment of a new prime minister following Supreme Court verdict that PM Nawaz stands disqualified. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Governors of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are attending the high-level meeting. Sharif is likely to make the decision to appoint a new prime minister after consulting with legal experts, sources are reported to have said. Earlier, former PM Nawaz held an importantRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUL 28 (DNA) – Supreme Court has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Panama Papers case. In a unanimous verdict, the five-member larger of the apex court, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, asked the Prime Minister to step down and directed the Election Commission to de-notify Nawaz Sharif as Member of the National Assembly with immediate effect. He has been disqualified for failing to mention in the nomination papers of 2013 the UAE based Capital FZE company. The court asked National Accountability Bureau to file references against the PrimeRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUL 28 (DNA) – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Captain Safdar, who is an MNA, were also declared unfit for office. Dar was disqualified for being unable to explain his ownership of assets beyond his means.Justice Asif Saeed Khosa-led five member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan announced the Panamagate verdict on Friday disqualifying Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, in addition to ruling that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stands disqualified for life. Moreover, the bench also decided all cases against the prime minister and his family, including children Maryam, HussainRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUL 28 (DNA) – Pakistan’s Information Minister Marryum Aurangzeb has said that the government will give its final reply to today’s decision after legal and constitutional consultation of the final verdict. She added that the court might have dismissed Nawaz Shareef but he was the prime minister of the people’s heart. On a question on who would be the next prime minister, she said that it did not matter because it would still be Nawaz Shareef who would lead the party.

ISLAMABAD, JUL 28 (DNA) – Supreme court also disqualified Capt. Muhammad Sadar in its judgement on Friday.