ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said forner PM Nawaz Sharif is attempting to destroy the country’s judicial system.
Khan expressed concerns over the ousted premier’s plan to travel to Lahore via GT Road, saying the plan was a deliberate attempt to continue undermining the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) by staged shows of public support.
“Sharif now knows he can never be Prime Minister, and the only reason he is challenging the SC is because he is willing to take down the whole democratic system alongside him” said the opposition politician.
He stressed that the Panama Case Verdict was a unanimous decision by five SC judges after a thorough investigation.
The PTI chairman also claimed that Nawaz Sharif coming to his home city through GT Road was ab attempt to pressure the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) which is investigating case of corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, assets’ concealment and forgery lodged against him.
‘There are criminal cases and Sharif is seeking to build up pressure against NAB and the accountability court,’ he finished.