Real verdict came from Pak voters, not court: Sharif
4 Oct 2017 5:01 PM GMT
Lahore: In a veiled dig at Pakistan's judiciary, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said though he was disqualified by the Supreme Court, the people gave the real verdict by electing his wife from the constituency vacated by him.
Sharif, 67, had to step down as prime minister and president of the ruling PML-N party after he was disqualified by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal.
Raising questions over his disqualification, Sharif told his supporters that the real verdict came from the constituents of NA-120 Lahore, the seat recently won by his ailing wife, Kulsoom Nawaz.
The victory has turned into a "golden page of history," he told a jubilant crowd present at the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Youth Wing convention here.
"You didn't win an National Assembly seat but also helped justice prevail," he said, criticising the July 28 verdict that unseated the three-time prime minister.
"I still fail to understand why I was ousted [from the prime minister seat]," he said.
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