While commenting over the SC decision, veteran politician Javed Hashmi on Tuesday said that the court cannot disqualify the sitting prime minister as it was not in its jurisdiction.
The PML-N defector who quit the party to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) conversed in a TV programme and defended PML-N President Nawaz Sharif.
Hashmi said, ‘If a premier has misled the nation, lied to the people about his assets and used his influence and power to stash wealth abroad, he should have been tried in a trial court instead of being disqualified by the top court.
He claimed that a ‘judicial programme’ was conceived only to disqualify an incumbent prime minister.
The apex court referred the corruption case to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to try Nawaz Sharif in references over alleged assets beyond means. The top court delivered a verdict against Nawaz Sharif over a matter that was not the issue in question, the politician added.
Hashmi’s statement has come in days after Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with him years after he had parted ways with the party. The meeting was attended by Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal and MNA Talal Chaudhry among others.
The meeting of PML-N president and party leaders with the ex-member came after the news were afloat about him rejoining the party however, following the meeting, he denied it.