Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

July 28, 2017

Asia

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Supreme Court order to disqualify him

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday resigned from his post, his office said, hours after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family.

© Aamir Qureshi, AFP | Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) looks on after inspecting a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, in 2013.

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