Summary The nation should know why he is being subjected to a trial: Nawaz Sharif
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Former premier Nawaz Sharif addressed a lawyers gathering on Tuesday and said sarcastically that he salutes the judges of the top court who declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan Saadiq and Ameen .
In his address, Nawaz Sharif said that dictators were permitted to amend the Constitution of Pakistan and were welcomed with garlands. He said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) accepted martial laws while the courts welcomed those.
PML-N chief s statement concerning apex court s verdict in Imran Khan disqualification case came in context of Supreme Court s (SC) verdict last year in a case that witnessed disqualification of PTI secretary General Jahangir Tareen while no action was warranted against Khan.
He said that nobody in the country is ready to hold self accountable while reasons of why state is troubled are as evident as a writing on the wall. The PML-N chief said that the nations who do not hold selves accountable have to witness a day like this.
Representatives of the people are disqualified and derogatorily sent home, Nawaz complained adding that no court has been established in Pakistan that could hold dictators accountable.
PML-N chief said that he appears before an accountability court along with his daughter for hearings of corruption references against him. There seems no logic to the corruption references filed against him with accountability courts, he complained.
He said that the nation should know why he is being subjected to a trial. He said that he wants to ask the top court to explain the allegations against him. Nawaz Sharif sarcastically said that he pays salute to the judges of the apex court who declared Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief ‘Saadiq and Ameen’.
Had he done corruption worth paltry Rs 100, he would not have been able to look the people in their eyes, Nawaz claimed. The ousted premier said that he would have quit politics if he had resorted to corruption worth Rs 100.
The former premier said that his children were held accountable, his grandfather was posthumously held accountable among other family members but nothing was proved against him and was disqualified on a residential permit.
On the other hand, an opposition leader is confessing to transactions worth lacs of British pounds and to owning Niazi Services Limited.
Judges of the top court did not consider his confession ever, PML-N chief complained.
