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| Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns after Supreme Court disqualifies him over corruption charges | Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns after Supreme Court disqualifies him over corruption charges |
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| Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned from his post, his office has said. | |
| The resignation comes hours after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family’s wealth. | |
| The Court said Sharif was not fit to hold office and ordered a criminal investigation into him and his family after they could not account for the Sharif’s vast wealth. | |
| A spokesman for Mr Sharif said the premier had stepped down despite having reservations about the court order. | |
| The statement claimed justice had not been done, but the prime minister stepped down to show his respect for the judiciary and rule of law. | |
| The verdict, delivered by a five-member supreme court, comes after the Panama Papers leak documented the involvement of Mr Sharif’s children in the purchase of high-end London properties through offshore companies. | |
| "He is no more eligible to be an honest member of the parliament, and he ceases to be holding the office of prime minister," Judge Ejaz Afzal Khan said in court. | |
| Mr Sharif, 67, has denied any wrongdoing and has claimed the investigation is biased and inaccurate. His allies have alleged this is just a conspiracy to unseat him. | |
| He is currently in his third stint as Prime Minister and his previous two periods in power were also cut short. | |
| Mr Sharif faced a military coup in 1999 but came back from exile to win the 2013 general election. | |
| He is not the only high profile politician to be disqualified after the investigation. The Supreme Court has also reportedly punished Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. | |
| Mr Dar, who was Mr Sharif's former accountant, had submitted documents to the court about how the Sharif family obtained their wealth that included a portfolio of upscale London properties. |