ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday demanded answers from former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, asking him to come forth and tell the nation who “pressured” him and whom it was that he “could not refuse” regarding her conviction and that of her father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in the Avenfield apartments reference.
Maryam held a detailed press conference regarding a recently surfaced audio clip allegedly containing the voice of Nisar, who has denied influencing the judicial proceedings in the case.
The PML-N leader said that when Nisar was asked what he plans on doing about the allegations against him, he said he is “not mad to pursue the matter in court”.
Maryam, addressing the former CJP, said: “Whether today, or tomorrow, you will have to tell the nation the truth. There is still time. Come forth, tell the nation who pressured you to sentence Nawaz Sharif if it was unwarranted? Who pressured you to sentence Maryam Nawaz, if it was without merit. And who told you that Imran Khan needs to be brought to power?”
“Who was it that you could not refuse, despite being the chief justice of Pakistan at the time?” she continued.
“Why were you forced to take an illegal, unconstitutional step?” she asked.
“You will have to answer all this.”
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