Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Hours after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court (ATC), Maryam Nawaz said that all judicial requirements were only for Nawaz Sharif and his family as others were not even asked about their whereabouts for the past two years.

She took to Twitter on Tuesday to vent out her anger over the court proceedings.

The ATC had granted Imran bail against Rs 200,000 surety bonds for each case. The Supreme Court of Pakistan also reserved judgment in the Imran Khan disqualification case.

In reaction, Maryam tweeted saying: “[Imran Khan] IK’s case is far more serious in terms of legal implications than Iqama joke (a reference to Panama Papers case). Nation now waiting to see the decision in his case.”

She said all the urgency was for Nawaz’s case as ‘new judicial standards’ were set for issuing the verdict against him. By presenting himself for accountability, the former premier has forced others to follow his examples, she tweeted. “That’s true. Nawaz Sharif by presenting himself for ruthless accountability knowing it was a farce has forced others to measure up.”

Published in Daily Times, November 15^th 2017.