Lahore (February 22, 2018): Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while reacting on her father’s disqualification by the Supreme Court, said that it was Nawaz Sharif’s victory because the supreme institutions of justice were providing evidences in favour of his truthfulness and standpoint.
She said in a tweet, “Nawaz Sharif! You have won. The supreme institutions of justice are not delivering verdicts against you, but are proving your truth and standpoint.”
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منصفوں نے آج خود ان باتوں کی تائید کی جن باتوں پر نوازشریف کو توہین عدالت کا نوٹس دیا تھا۔
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 21, 2018
“The judiciaries have supported those things today on which Nawaz Sharif had been given a contempt of court notice,” she further said.
نوازشریف آپ جیت گئے ہیں ۔
انصاف کے اعلی ترین ادارے آپ کے خلاف فیصلے نہیں بلکہ آپکی سچائی کی گواہی اور موقف کے حق میں ثبوت پیش کر رہے ہیں۔— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 21, 2018
Her comments came soon after Supreme Court removed Sharif from chairing his party due to disqualification.
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— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) February 21, 2018
“Will this decision make the party stop accepting Nawaz Sharif as the leader [of PML-N]?” she asked on Twitter. Answering the question herself, she said the SC ruling of today “has done nothing but reinfornce Nawaz Sharif’s narrative”.
In another tweet, she addressed PML-N loyalists and said: “Lions! Don’t be concerned.”
Earlier, the SC had disqualified former Prime Minister and President of Pakistan Muslim League N, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif for Party President-ship.
According to the details, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan disqualified Nawaz Sharif as president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the verdict regarding petitions against Election Act of 2017.
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The apex court elaborated that a person disqualified under Article 62, 63 of the Constitution can not head the party. Furthermore, as a result of the verdict, all decisions taken by Nawaz as PML-N’s president stand null and void.
While announcing the verdict, the apex court said that a person who doesn’t qualify on Article 62 and 63 of the constitution can also not hold the office of presidency of any political party.
“Ineligible person cannot hold the office of party presidency,” the court said. SC has also annulled all decisions made by Nawaz Sharif as the party head.It added that the tickets for Senate elections issued by him will now be cancelled. The ruling party will now have to re-announce its candidates for the Senate polls that were scheduled for next month.
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