Saturday, July 29, 2017

Panama Papers lead to Pakistan prime minister's condemnation and resignation...

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for not disclosing his employment with FZE Capital, in a landmark decision in the Panamagate case.

Full text of Panama case verdict released by Supreme Court

The 5-o verdict was announced by a five-judge bench, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa – the same judge who had commenced his dissenting note in the April 20 judgment with a quote from The Godfather, a novel by Mario Puzo about a mafia family in Italy. The verdict declared Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ‘disqualified’ for concealing his employment.

“Following the verdict, Nawaz Sharif has resigned from his responsibilities as prime minister,” a spokesman for PM’s office said in a statement. Full story...

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