LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has appreciated the Lahore High Court (LHC) for dismissing judge Arshad Malik and demanded to reverse former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s sentence.
Shehbaz Sharif said that the decision has proved the innocence of Nawaz Sharif. The PML-N leader demanded a reverse Nawaz Sharif’s sentence.
“The decision was not based on justice and it has been proven that the three-time elected Prime Minister was unjustly punished,” he said adding, “Now that the truth is out, justice demands that the sentence against former premier Nawaz Sharif be abolished.”
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He further stated that the decision of the executive committee of the LHC is in fact a proof of the innocence of Nawaz Sharif. The LHC has dismissed Judge Arshad Malik from his designation following his involvement in the video scandal case.
The verdict was announced by the administrative committee of LHC headed by Chief Justice Qasim Ali Khan. The controversy emerged when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz during a press conference released a secret video of judge Arshad Malik in which he confessed to convicting Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference under influence.
Following the presser by Maryam Nawaz, other PML-N leaders had also accused judge Malik of pronouncing the verdict under pressure. Arshad Malik, however, while completely negating the allegations accused Nawaz Sharif and PML-N of bribing and threatening him.
