NAWAZ SHARIF’S CRIMINAL ASSAULT ON THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN

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NAWAZ SHARIF’S CORRUPTION

1. 1. CORRUPTION CASES Nawaz Sharif and his cronies have always been working to plunder Pakistan’s wealth as their sole agenda. He expanded his business empire by misusing his authority as Chief Mi…

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CRIMINAL ASSAULT ON THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN

In order to consolidate and attain more power, ‘the champion of democracy and independent judiciary’, Nawaz Sharif attacked every individual and institution, he felt could get in the way and challenge his authority. In order to get rid of Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, who Nawaz Sharif despised, the latter created divisions amongst the judges using the humble services of a former judge, Rafique Tarrar (later President of Pakistan) to make life difficult for the Chief Justice. A group of judges refused to acknowledge CJ Sajjad Ali Shah as the Chief Justice and things got so bad that a number of junior judges made it difficult for him to carry out his duties. Eventually, Sharif ordered his thugs to attack the Supreme Court in order to prevent the Chief Justice from giving a ruling against him.
The police did nothing to stop Sharif’s thugs as they attacked and entered the Supreme Court premises. The judges inside the building barely managed to escape. The thugs, led by Sajjad Naseem and Mushtaq Tahir Kheli, Nawaz Sharif’s political secretaries, entered the court chanting anti-CJ Sajjad slogans and destroyed the Court Room.

 

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November 28,1997: Unruly mob storms top Pakistan court

Attack on the courthouse forced Chief Justice to adjourn a contempt of court case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

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Riot police clear the Supreme Court premises in Islamabad after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's supperters stormed the building.Image Credit: Gulf News Archives
1997 Pakistan’s embattled chief justice sought army protection for the Supreme Court after an unruly mob of several thousand stormed the courthouse, forcing him to adjourn a contempt of court case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. If found guilty, Sharif could be removed from power. Protesters shouting slogans against Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, who is locked in a bitter power struggle with Sharif, surged past riot policemen in full gear and pushed their way into the courthouse. In a letter delivered to President Farooq Leghari, Shah asked that the army be deployed outside the Supreme Court building. Shah accused Sharif of orchestrating the attack on the courthouse, busing demonstrators from around the country to Islamabad and guaranteeing that the police did not intercede. The National Assembly passed a resolution condemning the assault. Nawaz had also ordered an inquiry, Information Minister Mushahid Hussain said.