WEB DESK
Pakistan’s beleaguered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today refused to step down even as the clamour for his resignation got louder after the Panama case probe panel recommended filing of a graft case against him and his family.
Addressing an emergency Cabinet meeting in Islamabad, 67-year-old Sharif termed the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report a pack of allegations and speculation.
The six-member JIT, probing Sharif family’s offshore assets and alleged corruption, in a 10-volume damning report submitted to the Supreme Court on July 10 recommended that a corruption case should be filed against Sharif and his sons – Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz – as well as daughter Maryam.
At the first Cabinet meeting after the submission of the JIT report to the apex court, Sharif said that he will not resign as the prime minister on anyone’s call. Sharif claimed that his family earned nothing after entering politics, but lost a lot.
According to reports Sharif consulted his cabinet colleagues about his future plan after demands by opposition to resign. The Cabinet members endorsed his decision not to step down. The apex court of Pakistan will start the hearing in the Panama case from Monday.