Soon after the probe report on Sharif family’s offshore assets was submitted to the top court on Monday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan demanded immediate resignation of the prime minister.
“I demand the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to immediately tender his resignation,” Khan told reporters in Islamabad on Monday.
“I congratulate the nation as our struggle has met success and justice has been served,” he said and added “the game is over and the match is finished; it is just a matter of time before Nawaz vacates the Prime Minister’s House.”
Earlier today, noting that the PM’s family’s assets do not match their known income, the joint investigation team (JIT) recommended filing of reference against Nawaz Sharif and his sons with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Members of the high-powered JIT submitted the fourth and final, 256-page report to the apex court.
The Sharif family is facing calls for accountability pertaining to their alleged offshore assets in the wake of Panama Papers leaks.
“Next Monday is far away,” he said while referring to the next date of hearing set by the top court to hear the case. “The PM should step down at once.”
Today, Imran continued, PTI’s stance that premier’s daughter Maryam Nawaz was the beneficiary owner of the Nielson and Nescol companies has also been proved.
He reiterated that institutions were working to save the ruling family from accountability, saying the SECP chairman being found guilty by the apex court of tampering record was an evidence. “They [rulers] have damaged the credibility of the institutions,” he added.
