*LAHORE: A petition was filed on Friday to initiate a treason case againstdeposed premier Nawaz Sharif for violating the oath of his office.*
According to details, a petitioner moved Lahore High Court against Sharifon charges of treason, as his anti-state interview to a national daily wasemployed by India against Pakistan during the case hearing of Indian spyKulbhushan Jadhav.
A day earlier, the* controversial interviewlink *ofthree-time prime minister, given to Dawn newspaper in May 2018, wascraftily used as a proof by the Indian judge at International Court ofJustice (ICJ).
The petition contended that Sharif’s statements weakened the case ofPakistan at the international court. “The interview, published in a privatenewspaper, is an embarrassment for the country in the world,” it added.
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Nawaz failed to fulfill his oath of the public office with hisanti-Pakistan remarks, hence a case of treason be initiated against him,the petition maintained.
The critics are expressing suspicions that the Dawn’s interview was aplotted move of Nawaz, designed to benefit India at a laterappropriate time of future like that of now.
