Ex-CJP Nisar led campaign to disqualify Nawaz on false, baseless allegations, says PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday that former Chief Justice Supreme Court Saqib Nisar led the campaign to get Nawaz Sharif disqualified on the basis of false and baseless allegations, APP reported.

Talking to the media in London, the premier reiterated that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified under false and baseless allegations, and Imran Niazi was imposed on the country amid a conspiracy.

He said an incompetent person, Imran Niazi, severely damaged the economy and the country and Pakistan was put in danger while removing Nawaz Sharif from the political scene.

He said former chief justice Saqib Nisar led the campaign to get Nawaz Sharif disqualified on the basis of false and baseless allegations.

Saqib Nisar was using the power of suo moto not in the public interest but to make Imran Niazi successful, he said adding Saqib Nisar was working not as chief justice of Pakistan but as an agent of Imran Niazi and his sole aim was to defeat Nawaz Sharif and secure win for Imran.

Shehbaz said the audio leaks had unmasked all the characters who were part of the conspiracy. After surfacing of the audio leak of Saqib Nisar, there was no doubt that there was a conspiracy and collusion to bring Imran Niazi to power by any means. He said the National Assembly had taken up the issue of the audio leak for a probe against Saqib Nisar and his son.

The prime minister said elections of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies should be held on the same day according to the constitution. “It is not possible to hold elections in provinces on different dates as it will affect electoral results.”

The Parliament’s right to legislate cannot be taken away as it was the constitutional and legal right of the legislative body, he added.