Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office on Friday over undeclared
assets, plunging the nuclear-armed South Asian nation into political
turmoil after a period of relative stability.
Sharif
swiftly resigned, but a member of his outgoing cabinet implied that
elements of the powerful military had a hand in his ouster.
Pakistan was left with no government
leader after Friday’s verdict, which also ordered a criminal probe into
the Sharif family over allegations stemming from the “Panama Papers”
leaks of international offshore companies.
Sharif’s
ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, which holds a solid
majority in parliament, is expected to name a new prime minister to hold
office until elections due next year.
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