- Nawaz says CJP Bandial placing his profession on the road for Imran Khan.
- PML-N supremo additionally fires a broadside at former CJP Saqib Nisar.
- Nawaz accuses “biased” judges of mistreating and hounding him.
LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif thundered the superior judiciary for hounding him in revenge however going out of its means to facilitate Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in his authorized instances.
Nawaz hit out after Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Chairman Imran Khan’s Toshakhana disqualification and conviction case and in addition advised that the PTI chief was wrongly convicted and never given sufficient time to defend himself.
Nawaz, the three-time prime minister, accused the “biased” judges and named former CJP Saqib Nisar and Justice (retd) Asif Saeed Khosa and serving apex courtroom Justice Ijazul Ahsan and others for mistreating him and hounding him within the identify of justice.
“There was a time when CJP Saqib Nisar, Asif Saeed Khosa, Ijaz Ul Ahsan, Sheikh Azmat Saeed and another judge were obsessed with putting me behind bars, disqualifying me and ending my government at any cost. They left no stone unturned against us, witnesses are coming forward to expose what they did, these voices are coming from within the institutions. Justice Shaukat Aziz Sididqui is not an outsider, he is from within the judiciary, he was a senior judge. He gave a witness statement. What bigger proofs are required?” requested Nawaz.
Nawaz Sharif stated that Imran Khan has been caught within the theft of billions and he’s concerned in corruption instances from Toshakhana to Al Qadir Trust however the chief justice is trying to protect him.
“The then chief justice Saqib Nisar was hell-bent on pushing me in opposition to the wall however at the moment’s CJP is decided to save Imran Khan. He (Bandial) is aware of Imran Khan has destroyed the nation, the economic system, the nationwide tradition and has destroyed traditions. He has destroyed the nation’s ethical material, has taught a tradition of gangsterism, and violated Pakistan’s structure repeatedly. It’s well-known how he handled the opposition when he was in energy and even when he was in opposition. He did nothing aside from sit-ins and protests however regardless of all of that we labored and delivered.
“Even as PM, he didn’t go away us. He went to America and stated he would get the followers and air-conditioner faraway from my cell. In dharnas, he stated he would tie a rope round Nawaz Sharif’s neck and drag me out of the PM home. Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri and Imran Khan complemented one another. What they stated and did is part of the document,” Nawaz additional stated.
The PML-N supremo stated CJP Bandial is placing his profession on the road “for this man”.
“I am disappointed that despite what is known about Khan’s destruction of Pakistan, he is doing this. Who doesn’t know that it was General Bajwa who brought Imran Khan to power. It was General Faiz who brought him in. They supported him,” stated Nawaz.
The former prime minister stated that it former CJP Nisar had stated on document that Nawaz and Maryam have to be jailed at any prices so as to steal 2018 elections.
“Saqib Nisar said on the record that we (the judiciary) have to bring Imran Khan to power because it was the decision of General Bajwa and General Faiz,” stated the PML-N supremo.
Nawaz launched a broadside on the judiciary after CJP Bandial noticed that the trial courtroom decide introduced the decision in opposition to former prime minister Imran Khan within the Toshakhana case in haste.
The remarks from the highest decide got here through the Supreme Court (SC) listening to on a petition filed by the PTI chairman, difficult the IHC’s verdict on the switch of the Toshakhana case to one other courtroom.
On August 4, the IHC annulled the classes courtroom’s verdict on the maintainability of the case of corrupt practices associated to the state present repository in opposition to the PTI chief as a short lived aid to him, however rejected his request to switch the matter to one other courtroom.
Later on August 5, Khan’s lawyer Khawaja Haris filed an software within the SC in opposition to the IHC’s resolution, with a diary quantity hooked up to the petition.
The former premier was discovered responsible of corrupt practices within the Toshakhana case and was sentenced to three years in jail.
The PTI chief’s plea was heard by a three-member apex courtroom bench headed by CJP Bandial, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel.
Nawaz praises military forBattagram rescue
Nawaz additionally praised the Pakistan Army and the native administration in Battagram for a “tremendous rescue effort in Battagram that the whole world was watching”.
He stated: “Well done to the local administration. The whole world was focused on Pakistan and was showing what was happening in Battagram. A great service has been done by our armed forces and my full appreciation for them.”
