ISLAMABAD: In his first media talk after being disqualified as President of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) in a Supreme Court (SC) judgment, Nawaz Sharif criticised the court decision, saying that the court might now find some provision in the constitution to change his name as well, reported Daily Times.
Talking to media in Islamabad as he appeared before accountability court today (Thursday), Sharif said that his premiership was snatched away from him previously, then in decision (Wednesday) he was removed as his party’s president as well.
“The only thing remaining now is my name Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. They might find some constitutional provision to take that away as well. And if they find no such provision, they might look up one from Black Law Dictionary”, he said.
Drawing parallels between his disqualification as Prime Minister (PM) and as party president, Nawaz said that the two cases were the same as far as ‘distortion of the constitution’ is concerned. “In that case too, there was no law in Pakistan that would allow disqualification over ‘receivable’ salary from one’s son. But the judges resorted to Black Law Dictionary in order to find a way to disqualify me”, he said.
Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Ayesha Hamid requested more time from the accountability court today as new supplementary references were filed against the former premier. She said that the new references had nothing new. “There are 20 witnesses in the case and we have to prepare for all of them. This can’t happen in one day”, she said.
The court has reserved the decision on filing of the supplementary references till 1:30pm today. Ayesha Hamid’s plea to extend the deadline of the case for another six months since the previous six months are about to be over and a new reference was now being filed will also be decided on at 1:30pm.
The court was adjourned till the afternoon. Former PM Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (r) Safdar have been exempted from appearing before the court later today.