Panama Decision: PM Nawaz may be asked to step down
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ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan's top most legal minds have given their opinion about the possible verdict about the Panama leaks case in Supreme Court.
As the Supreme Court is going to announce the much-awaited Panamagate judgement on Thursday, legal experts believe the chances of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification are slim.However some experts believe if SC forms a commission for further probe, PM Nawaz may be asked to step down from his position till completion of the inquiry.
“I don’t think the Supreme Court can directly disqualify the prime minister by declaring that he is not Sadiq and Ameen [honest and righteous],” says Supreme Court Bar Association President Rasheed A Rizvi.
He, however, expressed concern over some of the observations made by the judges in the course of hearing which, according to him, created hype among the masses and now the people are expecting the premier’s disqualification.
The judges should speak through their judgments, he added.
Likewise, senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan believes it is very difficult to give a judgement against the Sharif family.
PTI lawyer Chaudhry Faisal Hussain on the other hand contends that the Sharif family had concealed facts from the top court and added that the premier has also given misstatements regarding the ownership of the London properties; therefore, he should be disqualified.
Another active lawyer Mahmood Awan says all eyes are on Justice Asif Saeed Khosa. He, however, says that the Supreme Court may define the parameters regarding applicability of Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
