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Nawaz Sharif "should not be a part of political and personal victimisation in the garb of accountability" nor should he appear before accountability courts, his daughter, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Maryam was responding to a tweet from journalist Iftikhar Ahmed, who asked: "Will Nawaz Sharif appear before NAB [National Accountability Bureau] court?"
"He should not. Must not [...] It's a FARCE," Maryam responded.
An accountability court had summoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his children Maryam, Hussain and Hassan Nawaz, son-in-law retired Captain Mohammad Safdar and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday in connection with three references, filed on the directions of the Supreme Court.
However, none of the respondents appeared before the accountability court. PML-N leader Asif Kirmani, who appeared on the Sharifs' behalf, said that the family was not present as they had all gone to be with Kulsoom Nawaz who is recovering from surgery.
Kirmani also told the court that Kulsoom is scheduled to undergo another surgery in the next couple of days, therefore an exact date for the family's return cannot be ascertained.
The court then issued another summons for Sharif and the others to appear on Sept 26. Sources close to the family continue to claim that they will continue to skip all proceedings of the court.
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Sep 20, 2017 12:02am
The NAB court should proceed with unbailable arrest warrants of Nawaz and his big-mouth daughter Maryam.
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Sep 20, 2017 12:15am
Now that NS is unable to influence NAB, he doesn't want to play. Imran spoke truth when he stated that NS only plays rigged matches :-)
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Sep 20, 2017 12:17am
What a shameless show of defiance. I hope they get their due for this insulting attitude towards the judicial process. The judges have been nothing but lenient towards them and this corrupt family is on borrowed time. If they don't allow this process to move forward they will be responsible for the consequences.
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Sep 20, 2017 12:33am
Nawaz Sharif and his family are farce
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Sep 20, 2017 12:39am
No respect for law - SC is a joke for them.
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Sep 20, 2017 12:49am
Applause!!!
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Sep 20, 2017 12:51am
Will Maryam and her husband appear before NAB?
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Sep 20, 2017 01:06am
There it is, in black and white folks. They think no laws apply to them, they are untouchable, invincible and not answerable to anyone.. Perhaps not eve to God himself!?
Shameless arrogance of the highest order. A PM has no respect for the laws of the land. The same laws that he took the oath to defend and protect as the Constitution of the Nation. It cannot get more diabolical and defiant than this.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:14am
She has lost it ....End is near for this family. Thank god for Pakistan - got rid of zardari, altaf and sharif.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:20am
I wish she would make her mind up, she has been boasting along with her cronies that they have given full accountability, yet here she is saying that he should not appear in front of any accountability courts. He has not been to a single hearing and they talk about accountability. The courts should now chase him and his family to the end of the earth! 1st step should be to freeze everyone of his and his families assets they can lay their hands on.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:30am
She belongs to a group which takes asylum of UK same like this series of lies.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:34am
What has Kulsoom's ill health has to do with all of them appearing in court and Would ordinary Pakistani get the same treatment? Even Money launderer Isaq Dar doesn't have any intention to attend although he doesn't really have to do with Kulsoom's ill health. They should all have been on ECL. Our judiciary talks of equal treatment for the poor, but I don't see this in this case. It seems that we Pakistanis don't want to rid of corruption nor evils like Sharif's or Zardari's and remain their servants. Colonial mentality remains.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:37am
Is it just me or is she becoming increasingly annoying by the day...? "The people have voted!". Might as well get rid of laws for all politicians named Sharif. How can we be corrupt? Our name is testimony enough...
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Sep 20, 2017 01:39am
She is right. Considering how Panama scandal panned out, one wouldn't be surprised if the proceedings of the NAB 'play' have also been written out and all that needs to be done is filling in the blanks and sign the pre-given orders by the Supreme Court.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:40am
We've heard this type of rhetorics from other corrupt politicians before and we mustn't pay any attention this time around. Justice must be served no matter what. This is our country, we love it very much and we've gotta take it back from the dishonest and massively corrupt clans an families. Enough is enough!
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Sep 20, 2017 01:40am
This is the respect for the law they have. If they don't get their way, they call court proceeding a farce and refuse to appear before the judge. Time top throw Maryam along with the other Sharif's in jail for being in contempt of court.
Not agreeing with the decision of the court is their right, but one should not just stop cooperating with the court.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:45am
She should be tried for treason.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:53am
They should be face the court as anybody else they should be face the verdict of the courts and country should get rid of them like any other convict.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:57am
This is the respect the SHAREEF family gives to the judiciary and free courts.
Shame on them.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:58am
Article 6 is for these mentally sick families who are born to govern only.
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Sep 20, 2017 02:23am
Time for Interpol red warrants.
Will the UK give them political amnesty? Doubtful.
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Sep 20, 2017 02:28am
She is not Snow White. She's the other one.
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Sep 20, 2017 02:40am
Respect Institutions of the country Maryam Nawaz, your family is not bigger than them.
This is the process of Democracy, if you don't like it, stay away from Public Office.
Public Office comes with Accountability to the Public.
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Sep 20, 2017 02:51am
Blatant disregard for the law by those who claim to be its protectors
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Sep 20, 2017 03:00am
Shouldn't these people be done for contempt of court. You can't go round undermining the law.
They are showing their true colours thinking they are above the law.
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Sep 20, 2017 03:24am
Every citizen of Pakistan is entitled to a fair trial under the law. There is no justice if SC becomes a party to the case and its judges publicly rebuke a duly elected PM. The accountability proceeding start now but they have already found him guilty on a minor receivable and disqualified him for life. The PM was doing a great job to uplift the country and bring prosperity to a poor nation with alarming problems including power shortages. His unceremonious departure from the political stage is never heard of in any country of the world. If he had embezzled funds from the country, it was a different story but this case is totally different. The country has to change the law so that it does not happen again.
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Sep 20, 2017 03:29am
NAB is toothless organisation don't expect any results from summons served to the family.
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Sep 20, 2017 03:47am
NAB was n't farce when it investigated Zardari , ordered by
Nawaz Sharif. MS Maryam considers Sharifs untouchables
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Sep 20, 2017 03:56am
@sukhera regardless of less or big crime, he's guilty and he's sentenced according to law of land. He can't be above the law. This is extremely important for a democratic society.
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Sep 20, 2017 04:04am
If it’s a farce then fix it, last time I checked ML-NS is still in power... surely no one can stop a government from doing what’s legal.
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Sep 20, 2017 04:16am
Oh Well the princess believes that the King is above the law. Should we be surprised as they consider law to be applicable to the common citizen. He should be sent to the jail if he does not appear for trial and that would teach the princess to come down to earth.
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Sep 20, 2017 04:19am
This is officially the lowest level of dishonesty and worse example of unlawful mockery of judicial system. I can't believe anything worse coming out of pml n leadership which is and always will be without any ideology and principals.
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Sep 20, 2017 04:34am
Take your stolen money and go please. For god sake leave Pakistan alone we all know you vowed to destroy it into pieces. But feel sorry for the poor people look how the muslims are being treated across South East Asia do you really want the same for Pakistan? If you resume control Pakistan will be broken into four pieces and that will be it. So please we all beg you just go.
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Sep 20, 2017 04:35am
Contempt of Court?
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Sep 20, 2017 05:13am
time to put them in jail and then they will listen....
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Sep 20, 2017 05:32am
I think it is a good idea that he does not appear before NAB. That way he will be declared an absconder and out of the political process.
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Sep 20, 2017 05:34am
No problem, issue their arrest warrants and when they return, send them to jail. Simple.
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Sep 20, 2017 05:41am
Really farce - How and why Musharraf was allowed to leave ?
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Sep 20, 2017 06:17am
@sukhera a common man's life became more miserable during this government what to talk about improvement!
Further why should not be Maryam tried for treason as she is encouraging vigorously large number of her supporters to disobey law of the land?
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Sep 20, 2017 06:39am
Who is she? and why should her tweets matter?.Dont take her serious please, she is just an irrerelevant person whos tryying to come in politics through a shortcut.
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Sep 20, 2017 06:57am
She's right... it's not just the NAB trials but the entire SC proceedings on this matter that have been completely farcical.
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Sep 20, 2017 06:58am
Go back to your country U.K
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Sep 20, 2017 07:15am
@sukhera I think you are IG Sukhera or one of his kids, who became slave of Sharif family.
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Sep 20, 2017 07:24am
When other don't play fair you should not be too. NS should not appear before NAB courts until unless they follow the law and submit the cases as per NAB laws.
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Sep 20, 2017 07:30am
Nab, SC and Army should be abolished from Pakistan.
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Sep 20, 2017 07:31am
If they are above the law as culture of pakistan they shall be given red carpet protocol
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Sep 20, 2017 07:42am
One contempt of court after another, and yet our courts are not taking any stringent action against Nawaz Sharif and his family. Why? Is our judiciary system ineffective, unauthortive and influenced by rich and famous elite? If so then as citizens of Pakistan, we do not want such useless double standard law system that only catch and punish poor and ordinary people. This is my candid view!
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Sep 20, 2017 07:53am
Well said, Mrs. Maryam Safdar. Never ever have gods been required to appear in a court of law. All gods are "law unto themselves".
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Sep 20, 2017 07:54am
Cowards!
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Sep 20, 2017 08:04am
@sukhera Supreme Court is the symbol of justice. How can you say there would be no justice if Supreme Court is involved in the case? Supreme Court has tolerated a lot of contempt of court but I think it is time to issue contempt notices. No one should be allowed to challenge state institutions!!
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Sep 20, 2017 08:09am
why is SC giving Maryam Nawaz a free hand in mocking our institutions.
She should be put on notice for contempt of court.
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Sep 20, 2017 08:15am
MN is right. NAB is a farce and a corrupt organization. SC too had some discerning thoughts.
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Sep 20, 2017 08:16am
And you guys voted for them again in NA-120. Good luck with your country's future
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Sep 20, 2017 08:31am
@sukhera people like you who blindly support corrupt leaders are cause of downfall of our country
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Sep 20, 2017 08:41am
Speak with justification, then acceptable it is trend to say things to hide guilt
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Sep 20, 2017 08:46am
All their problems are so easy to resolve if they're honest. Present the right documents. That's all.
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Sep 20, 2017 09:05am
Mariam Nawaz is a rare beautiful flower of Pakistan and her wish should be command for Pakistan.
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Sep 20, 2017 09:16am
@Ashfaq.You are insinuating along with IK that PML-N wins elections through rigging which is far from the truth. These unsubstantiated opinions don,t help our democratic System where elections are held fairly without any interference from any side. If you don,t believe in our current election system , you should have the proof and valid reasons of rigging. In people,s court NS is still being loved by millions of people in Pakistan and recent election of NA-120 indicates that people of Lahore still consider him as their PM. IK can organize Dharnas with few thousand of his party workers but the majority of the people in the country don,t agree with his agenda and will never vote for him. We have a bigger problem with our judicial system where Zardari is acquited of any embezzlement in spite of the fact that his assets increased to billions of dollars in few years.
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Sep 20, 2017 10:50am
Farce??? so how about the corruption of billion dollars, lavish mansion in the UK, luxury life in Qatar, KSA, and other gulf states??? I don't know until when she and ns cronies live in delusion???
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Sep 20, 2017 12:43pm
I don't know why they get sick, if they are above everything . They think they are God chosen people to rule over poor uneducated people..
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Sep 20, 2017 01:51pm
And what about the false cases against Gen,Musharaff?
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Sep 20, 2017 02:43pm
@SM "She's right... it's not just the NAB trials but the entire SC proceedings on this matter that have been completely farcical" Yes you are right otherwise the whole family should have been behind the bars as other criminals are
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