ISLAMABAD: The government has decided not to pursue a case against ex-PMNawaz Sharif and other PML-N members on charges of sedition. The decisionwas made during a meeting of the federal cabinet.
According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his ministers includingShireen Mazari and Fawad Ch were of the view that such moves are aviolation of the rule of constitution. However, PM adviser Shehzad Akbarand Law Minister Barrister Farogh suggested the case should be pursued.
Earlier the government clarified the case against Nawaz for deliveringprovocative speeches from London “to defame Pakistan’s institutions” wasnot filed on behalf of the state.
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In a statement, a spokesperson for Lahore police said that a firstinformation report (FIR) against the ex-premier and other senior PML-Nleaders including Azad Kashmir’s PM Raja Farooq Haider was lodged on thecomplaint of a citizen.
