ISLAMABAD Nov 08 (TNS): In an apparent reference to the Supreme Court’s decision on the review petitions filed by former premier Nawaz Sharif over the Panama Papers verdict, State Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s caravan was looted when the judicial system became the hand watch and stick of dictators.
Speaking outside the accountability court trying the former prime minister, she said: “In the [review] decision, there is a mention of a looted caravan. History is witness that Pakistan’s caravan was looted when the judicial system became the hand watch and stick of dictators.”
Aurangzeb said that people who violated the Constitution of Pakistan, attacked the judiciary and Parliament, and abused state institutions are living with freedom but the Pakistan Muslim League- N leader who upheld the judiciary is facing corruption cases.
She said the people of Pakistan supported Nawaz Sharif by making him prime minister three times through their vote.
She said that the Sharif family and government was called ‘Sicilian mafia’ and ‘Godfather’, adding that, it would have been better if the review petition had been heard by another Supreme Court bench.
Quoting an Urdu couplet expressing a follower’s feelings about his leader, in its detailed judgment on the review petition filed by Nawaz, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan stated: “Don’t talk about this and that thing, just tell us why the caravan was looted — We have no complaint with the passersby, it is a question of your leadership”.
