ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif on Monday reacted to the alleged audio clip of former chief justice Saqib Nisar, saying that the time has come to “right the wrongs” inflicted on ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz.
An alleged audio leak started doing the rounds on the internet Sunday night, in which then-chief justice Saqib Nisar can be heard allegedly telling another person that Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz will have to be punished to make space for Imran Khan in politics.
Justice (retd) Saqib Nisar had refused to accept that it was his voice and termed it fabricated. “The audio clip is being falsely associated with me,” he had said.
In a tweet, Shahbaz Sharif said former chief justice of Pakistan, Justice (retired) Saqib Nisar’s leaked audio tape had showed Maryam Nawaz and her father were “targeted as part of a grand scheme to keep them out of [the] political process.”
The emergence of a new audio clip of former Chief Justice shows how Nawaz Sharif & Maryam Nawaz were targeted as part of a grand scheme to keep them out of political process. Time has come to right the wrongs inflicted on them. The nation looks forward to justice system.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) November 22, 2021
Urging concerned authorities to take notice of the audio clip, the PML-N leader said, ”The nation looks forward to the justice system.”
“Time has come to right the wrongs inflicted on them,” he added.
Saqib Nisar denies authenticity of audio clip attributed to him
In the audio clip, the former chief justice could allegedly be heard saying that “even though there are no cases against Maryam Nawaz, she would still have to be punished.”
However, the chief justice refused to accept that it was his voice in the audio clip.
When asked if he would take legal action against the audio clip being associated with him, Nisar had said he was thinking about “which legal option to go with.”
When the audio was initially leaked, Nisar had said the report was “contrary to facts” and had categorically denied that he had ever directed any of his subordinate judges in connection with any judicial order whether it pertained to Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, or anyone else.
Reacting to the development, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz had tweeted: “Allah u Akbar [God is great].”
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