Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Toppled by Corruption Case
By SALMAN MASOODJULY 28, 2017
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Nawaz Sharif stepped down as Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday after the Supreme Court ordered his removal over accusations of corruption, in a ruling
that is likely to shift the country’s tumultuous political balance.
Announced by the five-member Supreme Court, the verdict caps more than a year of high political drama, breathless court proceedings
and a piercing investigation into the finances of the Sharif family.
od for civilian supremacy." He urged party workers to remain peaceful and said
that the party respects the country’s institutions. that crime was that he sto
Shamsi said that The Sharif political dynasty has somehow managed to survive Pakistan’s rough
and bloody politics for over three and a half decades through wheeling and dealing,
" Mr. Rizvi said. that Whoever they bring will be a weak prime minister, as Nawaz
Sharif would want to have someone who is more or less in line with his thinking,
The governing political party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, must now choose an interim prime
minister to replace Mr. Sharif until the next general election, which is scheduled for mid-2018.
Hasan Askari Rizvi said that I did not expect Nawaz Sharif to go scot-free,
