ISLAMABAD: PMl-N lawmakers on Friday expressed reservations over the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif and said the removal of the premier was not on the basis of Panama Papers.
The press conference was held by Barrister Zafarullah, Ahsan Iqbal, Saad Rafique, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Zaid Hamid.
“Nawaz Sharif was not disqualified on the basis of Panama Papers,” said Railways Minister Saad Rafique.
He added that it is not the first time the PML-N has been made to bear the brunt of such tactics.
The minister claimed that Nawaz and the PML-N have been punished for bringing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to the country, “just in the same manner we were punished for conducting nuclear tests in 1998”.
“Since 1947 till date, not one prime minister of Pakistan has completed the five year tenure. Call it irony of fate or mistakes on one ground or the other,” said the barrister.
