Ex-CJ Nisar conspired against Nawaz: PM

Shehbaz joins world leaders to witness Charles coronation

LONDON,:

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified on the basis of false and baseless allegations and Imran Niazi was imposed on the country in 2018 through a conspiracy.

Talking to the media, he said an incompetent person severely damaged the economy and the country and Pakistan was put in danger while removing Nawaz Sharif from the political scene.

He said former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar led a campaign to get Nawaz Sharif disqualified on the basis of false and baseless allegations.

“Saqib Nisar used the power of suo moto not in the public interest but to make Imran Niazi successful,” he said, adding the former chief justice was working not as chief justice of Pakistan but as an agent of Imran Niazi and his sole aim was to defeat Nawaz Sharif and secure win for Imran.

The prime minister said the audio leaks had unmasked all the characters who were part of the conspiracy. After surfacing of the audio leak of Saqib Nisar, there was no doubt that there was a conspiracy and collusion to bring Imran Niazi to power by any means.

He said the National Assembly had taken up the issue of the audio leak for a probe against Saqib Nisar and his son. The prime minister said elections of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies should be held on the same day according to the Constitution. “It is not possible to hold elections in the provinces on different dates as it will affect electoral results.”

“Parliament’s right to legislate cannot be taken away as it was the constitutional and legal right of the legislative body,” he added.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday joined a galaxy of foreign royals, officials and heads of state and governments, at the coronation of King Charles III -- a symbolic ceremony combining religious service and royal pageantry.

The prime minister arrived the Westminster Abbey along with other foreign dignitaries to witness the coronation of 74-year-old King, who was crowned along with Camilla, the Queen Consort. King Charles III, became the 40th reigning monarch crowned there since 1066.