Panama Papers case<\/a>, announced that the larger bench had unanimously deemed PM Sharif unfit for holding office and would also order an accountability court to open references against him and his family.\u201d<\/p>\nThe historic judgment, delivered a little after mid-day Pakistan time, said the prime minister was unfit to hold office, because he had been dishonest to parliament.<\/p>\n
There are more in the investigation net, apart from the prime minister. They are finance minister Ishaq Dar; MNA Captain Muhammad Safdar; Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz.<\/p>\n
Those judgments would be given within six months, Justice Khan said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the court also disqualified Ishaq Dar and Captain Safdar. Dar was disqualified for being unable to explain ownership of assets disproportionate to his means.<\/p>\n
There was a technical angle to this, however. While Sharif himself has resigned, the Attorney General of Pakistan Ashtar Ausaf Ali clarified that the prime minister still holds the office, “and will continue to do so until the president asks him otherwise.\u201d However, that might not be the case with the prime minister himself putting in his papers.<\/p>\n
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