CJP Umar Ata Bandial trying to save Ex-PM Imran: Nawaz Sharif

LONDON, Aug 23 (SABAH): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid and former prime minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that a former chief justice and his cronies within the Supreme Court of Pakistan played an active role in his arrest, disqualification, and dismantling of his government.

Talking to media persons in London on Wednesday, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that the present Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial was providing protection to an individual implicated in embezzling billions of rupees.

“The chief justice is well aware that this person [Imran Khan] has wreaked havoc on Pakistan’s economy, ethics, and culture. He has propagated violence and repeatedly violated the Constitution,” the former prime minister remarked.

He said that the Chief Justice was putting his own future at stake by safeguarding the PTI chief. “It pains me to witness that, despite knowing everything, the Chief Justice is supporting him (Imran),” he added.

The PML-N leader pointed out that former chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar had previously claimed that his aim was to disqualify Nawaz Sharif and throw him behind bars, adding that Justice (retd) Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and others have testified to these allegations.