Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif expressed strong reservations with the government’s deliberate violation of Supreme Court orders on Thursday and said the presidential immunity issue would only be decided by the apex court. He told a private TV channel in an interview that immediate retrieval of laundered money and illegal assets should be ensured, and that one should not hide behind the “lame excuse of immunity”.
Stressing that president’s immunity should and would be decided by Supreme Court, he declared that the Swiss cases were based in fact. Replying to a question, he said facts about $600 million deposits in Swiss banks should be ascertained, and arrangements should be made to return the money. Nawaz accepted the vital role of Aitzaz Ahsen in the restoration of the judiciary but expressed surprise at the “change of his tone and policy at this juncture”.