Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns over Panama Papers verdict
Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad - Egypt Today
Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office, the BBC reported Friday.
The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif's children to offshore companies.
Sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case.
The verdict was handed down unanimously by a five-member bench in the court.
"Following the verdict, Nawaz Sharif has resigned from his responsibilities as prime minister," a spokesman for Sharif's office said in a statement.
The court was filled to capacity on Friday, and there was heightened security in the capital, with tens of thousands of troops and police deployed.
Source : Mena
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