Summary Justice (retd) Shaiq Usmani said the same bench will review the verdict which had announced it.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – After the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif filed three review appeals in his petition against the Panama case verdict that resulted in his judicial ouster from the position of power, the legal experts have said 99 percent of them get rejected.
Justice (retd) Shaiq Usmani said the same bench will review the verdict which had announced it earlier, and there is no other way once the review appeal gets rejected.
Barrister Ali Zaffar remarked that a review appeal requires to notify any significanr legal mistake, whereas, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had disqualified Nawaz Sharif for hiding the truth and lying. There is no use of this appeal, he commented.
Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed also maintained that Nawaz’s appeal will be disposed of because 99 out of 100 appeals are rejected.
It is worth mentioning here that the apex court had ousted Nawaz Sharif on July 28 in connection with Panama Papers case under Article 62 and directed Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to issue his disqualification notification.
The decision was unanimously announced by a five-member larger bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan were the other four members.
PM Nawaz is no more truthful and honest as he failed to prove his assets of 2013, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan had told the packed courtroom.
The verdict stated, "It is hereby declared that having failed to disclose his un-withdrawn receivables constituting assets from Capital FZE Jebel Ali, UAE in his nomination papers filed for the General Elections held in 2013 in terms of Section 12(2)(f) of the Representation of the People Act, 1976 (ROPA), and having furnished a false declaration under solemn affirmation respondent No. 1 Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is not honest in terms of Section 99(f) of ROPA and Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 and therefore he is disqualified to be a Member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)."
