Worthy audience God has created so many evils but Nawaz is a bit too unusual/bizarre creation who has the brain of a cockroach, mind of Hitler & evil notoriety of Satan /Iblees.Let us see how hew cling to politics from 1981 to 2017 and then laid out his network in London to overwhelm Pakistan Politics, let us see what people say about him and his wicked blunders?
- Jon Boone wrote in?The Guardian
?in 2013, that following his attempts to enact?Sharia Law
?in the late 1990s, Nawaz had adopted a more centrist position by seeking diplomatic and trade relations with India which encouraged support from left-leaning Pakistanis.
- In another column,?The Guardian
?described Nawaz's first two terms in the 1990s as authoritarian and clouded by allegations of corruption, but that "old foes and longstanding friends say Nawaz is a changed man" from when he originally entered politics "to defend family [business] interests".
- Tim Craig, writing in March 2016 for?The Washington Post
, described Nawaz's move away from?social conservatism
?as "traced to Sharif's ambitious economic agenda, the influence his?42-year-old daughter
?has over him, and his awareness that Pakistan remains the butt of jokes".
- Nawaz's advisor?Miftah Ismail
?described him as "a very religious guy", adding however "he is perfectly okay with other people not being religious".
- Writing for?The Express Tribune
?in 2016, Fahd Hussain stated that Nawaz will likely will face "blowback from its natural allies among the clergy", adding that with "the bulk of the Punjab conservative voter[s] [remaining] in the Nawaz camp", that Nawazis eyeing the "liberal, progressive, left-of-centre voters".
- Leftist Senator?Raza Rabbani
?claimed that Nawaz "has always had these rightwing leanings", adding that "the temptation was there in the past to appease his rightwing Islamist constituency".
- Gargan, writing in November 1991, described Nawaz's government as "bedeviled by gossip, barraged by accusations of venality, castigated by the opposition and threatened by a final rupture of cordiality with the United States".
- The same year?Najam Sethi
?described Nawaz's government as "corrupt, absolutely, astronomically corrupt, including the prime minister.
- In 2009,?The New York Times
?wrote that "Bhutto
?and her Pakistan Peoples Party were considered more amenable allies for Washington" adding that "more nationalistic and religiously oriented, [Nawaz] and his party, the Pakistan Muslim League-N, have traditionally found common cause with the religious parties".
- Pervez Hoodbhoy
?described Nawaz as "a reflection of Pakistani society" adding that "he is silent on what matters most: the insurgency. What we need is a leader."
- Celia W. Dugger
, writing in 1999, described Sharif's?Raiwind Palace
?as "walls paneled in silken fabrics and rococo chairs laden with so much gold leaf they looked like they belonged in the court of?Louis XIV
?or a bordello", drawing comparison between Nawaz's lifestyle and that of the "Mughals
".
?BLUNDERS & BLOOPERS OF NAWAZ SHARIF
1 .Co-Operatives Societies Scandal. Nawaz suffered a major loss of political support from the co-operatives societies’ scandal.
- These societies accept deposits from members and can legally make loans only to members for purposes to the benefit of the membership. ?However, mismanagement led to a collapse affecting millions of Pakistanis in 1992
- In Punjab and Kashmir, around 700,000 people lost their savings, and it was discovered that billions of rupees had been granted to the?Ittefaq Group of Industries
?– Nawaz's steel mill.
- Although the loans were hurriedly repaid, Nawaz's reputation was severely damaged.
2 .Constitutional Crisis And Resignation. Nawaz had developed serious issues of authority with conservative President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who had raised Nawaz to prominence during the Zia dictatorship.
- ?On 18 April, ahead of the?1993 Parliamentary election
, Ishaq Khan used his?reserve powers
?(58-2b) to dissolve the National Assembly, and appointed?Mir Balakh Sher
?as?interim prime minister
.
- Nawaz refused to accept this act and raised a challenge at the?Supreme Court of Pakistan
.
- On 26 May, the Supreme Court ruled 10–1 that the presidential order was unconstitutional, that the president could dissolve the assembly only if a constitutional breakdown had occurred and that the government's incompetence or corruption was irrelevant.?(Justice Sajjad Ali Shah
?was the only dissenting judge; he later became?13th Chief Justice of Pakistan
.
- Issues of authority continued. In July 1993, under pressure from the armed forces, Nawaz resigned under an agreement that also removed President Khan from power.
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
?General?Shamim Allam
?and the Chief of Army Staff General?Abdul Vahied Kakar
?forced Ishaq Khan to resign from the presidency and ended the political standoff.
- Under the close scrutiny of the Pakistan Armed Forces, an interim and transitional government was formed and new parliamentary election was held after three months.
3. Parliamentary Opposition (1993–1996).Following?1993 elections
, the PPP returned to power under Benazir Bhutto. Nawaz offered his full co-operation as?Leader of the Opposition
?but
- Soon the PPP and PML-N held parliament locked in dispute. Benazir Bhutto found it difficult to act effectively in the face of opposition from Nawaz, and also faced problems in her political stronghold of Sindh Province from her younger brother?Murtaza Bhutto
.
- Nawaz and Murtaza Bhutto formed the Nawaz-Bhutto axis and worked to undermine Benazir Bhutto's government, tapping an anti-corruption wave in Pakistan. They accused the government of corruption with major state corporations and slowing economic progress.
- In 1994 and 1995 they made a "train march" from Karachi to Peshawar, making critical speeches to huge crowds.
- Nawaz organized strikes throughout Pakistan in September and October 1994.
- In 1996 the death of Murtaza Bhutto, which allegedly involved Benazir's spouse, led to demonstrations in Sindh and the Benazir government lost control of the province.
- Benazir Bhutto became widely unpopular across the country and was ousted in October 1996.
- By 1996, continuous large-scale corruption by the government of Benazir Bhutto had deteriorated the country's economy, which was nearing failure.
4 .Nawaz Removed the MQM From Parliament & Assumed Control of Karachi.?In the?1997 parliamentary elections
, Nawaz and the PML-N won an overwhelming victory, with an?exclusive mandate
?from across Pakistan.
- It was hoped that Nawaz would deliver on promises to provide a stable conservative government and improve overall conditions. ?Nawaz was sworn as prime minister on 17 February.
- Nawaz had formed an alliance with?Altaf Hussain
?of the MQM which fell apart following the assassination of?Hakim Said
.Nawaz then removed the MQM from parliament and assumed control of Karachi while MQM was forced underground..
- This led Nawaz to claim an exclusive mandate, and for the first time Nawaz and the PML-N had the control of Sindh, Baluchistan, Northwest Frontier, Kashmir and Punjab.
5. 1998 Nuclear Crisis. In May 1998, soon after?Indian nuclear tests
, Nawaz vowed that his country would make a suitable reply.?On 14 May, Leader of the Opposition Benazir Bhutto and MQM called for nuclear tests, followed by calls from the public.
- When India tested its nuclear weapons the second time, it caused a great alarm in Pakistan and pressure mounted on Nawaz. On 15 May, Nawaz put the armed forces on high-alert and called a?National Security Council
?meeting, ?discussing the financial, diplomatic, military, strategic and national security concerns. Only?Treasure Minister
?Sartaj Aziz
?opposed the tests, due to the economic recession, low?foreign exchange reserves
, and?economic sanctions
.
- Nawaz was initially hesitant of the economic impact of nuclear testing,?and observed the international reaction to India's tests, where an embargo had no economic effect.
- Failure to conduct the tests would put the credibility of Pakistan's nuclear deterrence in doubt, which was emphasized when Indian Home Minister?Lal Kishanchand Advani
?and Defence Minister?George Fernandes
?gloated and belittled Pakistan, angering Nawaz.
- On 18 May, Nawaz ordered the?Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
?(PAEC) to make preparation for the tests, ?and put military forces on high alert to provide support.?On 21 May, Nawaz authorized nuclear weapon tests in Balochistan.
- On 27 May, the day before testing, the ISI detected Israeli F-16 fighters conducting exercises and received intelligence that they had orders to attack Pakistan's nuclear facilities on behalf of India.
- Nawaz scrambled the?Pakistan Air Force
?and had nuclear bombs prepared for deployment. According to political scientist Shafik H. Hashmi, the US and other nations assured Nawaz that Pakistan was safe; the Israeli attack never materialized.
- On 28 and 30 May 1998, Pakistan successfully carried out its nuclear tests, codenamed?Chagai-I
?and?Chagai-II
.?Following these test, Nawaz appeared on?national television
?and stated: the world, instead of putting pressure on India, not to take the destructive road, imposed all kinds of sanctions on Pakistan for no fault?
6 .Nawaz Sharif Economic Policy. Nawaz built Pakistan's first major motorway, the?M2 Motorway
?(3MM), called the?Autobahn
?of South Asia. This public-private project was completed in November 1997 at a cost of US$989.12?million.
- His critics questioned the layout of the highway, its excessive length, its distance from important cities, and the absence of link roads with important towns.
- It also misappropriated funds designated for the Peshawar–Karachi Indus Highway, benefiting Punjab and Kashmir at the cost of other provinces.
- There was particular dissatisfaction in Sindh and Balochistan Provinces, and Nawaz faced a lack of capital investment to finance additional projects.
- Nawaz loosened foreign exchange restrictions and opened?Karachi Stock Exchange
?to foreign capital, but the government remained short of funds for investments.
- Due to economic pressures, Nawaz halted the national space programme. This forced the?Space Research Commission
?to delay the launch of its satellite,?Badr-II(B)
, which was completed in 1997
- This caused frustration among the scientific community who criticised Nawaz's inability to promote science. Senior scientists and engineers attributed this to "Nawaz's personal corruption" that affected national security.
- By the end of Nawaz's second term, the economy was in turmoil. The government faced serious structural issues and financial problems; inflation and foreign debt stood at an all-time high, and unemployment in Pakistan had reached its highest point. Pakistan had debts of US$32bn against reserves of little more than $1bn.
- The?International Monetary Fund
?(IMF) had suspended aid, demanding the country's finances be resolved. Nawaz continued to meddle with the stock exchange markets with devastating effects?By the time he was deposed, the country was heading for financial default.
- In late August 1998, Nawaz proposed a law to establish a legal system based on Islamic principles.?His proposal came a week after the 10-year commemorations of the late president?Zia ul-Haq
. After his cabinet removed some of its controversial aspects,?the National Assembly approved and passed the bill on 10 October 1998 by a vote of 151 to 16. ?With a majority in parliament, Nawaz reverted the?semi-presidential system
?in favour of a more?parliamentary system
.
- With these amendments, Nawaz became the country's strongest freely-elected prime minister. However, these amendments failed to achieve a two-thirds majority in the Senate, which remained under the control of the PPP.
- Weeks later, parliament was suspended by a military coup and?Legal Framework Order, 2002
?(2002 LFO) returned the country to a semi-presidential system for another decade.
- Nawaz's?Fourteenth Amendment
?consolidated his power by preventing legislators and lawmakers from dissenting or voting against their own parties, ?and prohibited judicial appeal for offenders. Legislators from different parties challenged this with the?Supreme Court
, infuriating Nawaz.
- He openly criticised?Chief Justice
?Sajad Alishah
, inviting a notice of contempt. At the urging of the military and president, Nawaz agreed the solve the conflict amicably but remained determined to oust Alishah.
8 .1997 Constitutional Crisis. Nawaz manipulated the ranks of senior judges, deposing two judges close to Sajjad Alishah. ?The deposed judges challenged Nawaz's orders on procedural grounds by filing a petition at?Quetta High Court
?on 26 November 1997.
- Sajjad Alishah was restrained by his fellow judges from adjudicating in the case against the prime minister.
- On 28 November, Nawaz appeared in the Supreme Court and justified his actions, citing evidence against the two deposed judges.
- Sajjad Alishah suspended the decision of Quetta High Court, but soon the?Peshawar High Court
?issued similar orders removing Sajjad's closest judges. ?The associate chief justice of Peshawar High Court, Justice?Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
, declared himself acting chief justice.
- Sajjad Alishah continued to assert his authority and persisted in hearing Nawaz's case.
- On 30 November, Nawaz's cabinet ministers and a large number of supporters entered the Supreme Court building, disrupting the proceedings. The chief justice requested the military police, and subsequently struck down the?Thirteenth Amendment
, restoring the power of the president.
- However, the military-backed Nawaz refused to obey the president's orders to remove him. Nawaz forced President?Farooq Leghari
?to resign, and appointed?Wasim Sajjad
?as acting president,?then ousted Alishah to end the constitutional crisis.
- On 29 November 2006, Nawaz and the PML-N issued a formal apology for their actions to Sajjad Alishah and Leghari.
- A written apology was presented to Sajjad Alishah at his residence and later, his party issued a?white paper
?in Parliament formally apologizing for their wrongdoing.
9. Relations With The Military. From 1981 until 1999, Nawaz enjoyed extremely cordial relations with the Pakistan Armed Forces, and was the only senior civilian leader to have friendly relations with the military establishment during that period. ?However, when?Chief of Army Staff
?General?Jehangir Karamat
?advocated for a?National Security Council
, Nawaz interpreted this as a conspiracy to return the military to an active political role. [15]
[clarification needed
]
- In October 1998, three months before the end of his term,?Karamat was forced to resign
. ?This was controversial even within Nawaz's cabinet and was seen as the least-popular moment of Nawaz's administration.
- Military lawyers and civilian law experts saw this as unconstitutional and a violation of?military justice code
. However, Media Minister?Syed Mushahid Hussain
?felt that Pakistan was "finally becoming a normal democratic society", not beholden to its military.
- Nawaz promoted General?Pervez Musharraf
?to replace Karamat, also making Musharraf?Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
?despite his lack of seniority.
- Admiral Fasih Bokhari
?resigned as?Chief of Naval Staff
?in protest. ?Bokhari lodged a protest against the?Kargil debacle
?and called for the court-martial of Musharraf,?who Nawaz said acted alone.
- In August, India shot down a Pakistan Navy reconnaissance aircraft in the?Atlantique Incident
, killing 16 naval officers,[citation needed
]??the greatest number of combat casualties for the navy since the?Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971
.
- Nawaz failed to gain foreign support against India for the incident, which newly appointed?Chief of Naval Staff
?Admiral?Abdul Aziz Mirza
?viewed as a lack of support for the navy in wartime.
- Nawaz further lost the confidence of the?Marines
?for failing to defend the navy at the?International Court of Justice
?(ICJ) in September.
- Relations with the?Air Force
?likewise deteriorated, when?Chief of Air Staff
?General?Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi
?accused the prime minister of not consulting the air force in matters critical to national security.
- Two months later, after steadily worsening relations with the Armed Forces, Nawaz was deposed by Musharraf and martial law was established throughout the country.?
10 .Coup, Trial and Exile. The simultaneous conflicts in the?Kargil war
?with?India
?and?Afghanistan's civil war
, along with economic turmoil, turned public opinion against Nawaz and his policies.
- On 12 October 1999, Nawaz attempted to remove?Musharraf
?for military failures and replace him with General?Ziauddin Butt
.
- Nawaz's mindset was to remove the Chairman Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Army Staff first, then depose the other armed forces chiefs who had destroyed his credibility.
- Musharraf, who was in?Sri Lanka
, attempted to return on a?PIA
?commercial flight.
- Nawaz ordered the?Sindh Police Force
?to arrest?Musharraf
. Fearing a?coup d'état, he further ordered the?Jinnah Terminal
?to be sealed to prevent the landing of the airliner.
- The A300 aircraft was ordered to land at?Nawabshah Airport
?(now Shaheed Benazirabad Airport). There,?Musharraf
?contacted top Pakistan Army generals who took over the country and ousted Nawaz's administration.
- Nawaz was taken to?Adiala Jail
?for trial by a military judge. ?Musharraf
?later assumed control of the government as chief executive. A single protest was held by Sardar Mohsin Abbasi in front of the?Supreme Court
?on 17 October on the first hearing of Nawaz.
- Raja Zafar-ul-Haq
, Sir Anjam Khan, Zafer Ali Shah and Sardar Mohsin Abbasi were the only supporters left after the first six months. Many of Nawaz's cabinet ministers and his constituents were divided during the court proceedings and remained neutral.
- Dissidents such as?Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain
?remained quiet and later formed?Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
?(PML-Q), splitting Nawaz's party into small factions. The military police initiated massive arrests of the PML workers and party leaders, who were held in Sindh and Punjab police prisons.
- The military placed Nawaz on trial for "kidnapping, attempted murder, hijacking and terrorism and corruption".?In a speedy trial, the military court convicted Nawaz and gave him a life sentence.
- Reports surfaced that Nawaz had nearly been sentenced to execution. His leading defence lawyer,?Iqbal Raad
, was gunned down in Karachi in mid-March. Nawaz's defence team blamed the military for providing inadequate protection.?The military court proceedings were widely accused of being a?show trial
.
11.Helicopter Purchase Case.??Nawaz was also tried for?tax evasion
?on the purchase of a helicopter worth US$1?million. Judge Farrukh Latif of the accountability court had sentenced Mr Sharif on July 22, 2000, to 14 years` imprisonment and fined him Rs50 million. The trial was held in the Attock Fort.
- The?Lahore High Court
?agreed to acquit him if he could prove his innocence, but Nawaz was unable to cite any substantial evidence. He was ordered to pay a fine of US$400,000 on grounds of?tax evasion
, and he was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment.
- A division bench of Lahore High Court Friday acquitted former Prime minister Nawaz Sharif of wrongdoing in acquiring a helicopter in the mid-1990s, saying he had taken it on rent for an election campaign.
- Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, under Nawaz and King Fahd, had enjoyed extremely close business and cultural relations that is sometimes attributed as a?special relationship
.?Saudi Arabia was shocked at the news of the coup.
- Amid pressure by Fahd and US President?Bill Clinton
, the military court avoided a death sentence for Sharif.?Fahd had expressed concern that the death sentence would provoke intense ethnic violence in Pakistan as had happened in the 1980s?following the execution of?Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
.?
- Under an agreement facilitated by Saudi Arabia, Nawaz was placed in exile for the next 10?years, ?and agreed not to take part in politics in Pakistan for 21?years. He also forfeited property worth US$8.3?million (£5.7?million) and paid a fine of US$500,000.?Musharraf wrote in?his memoirs
?that, without the intervention of Fahd, Sharif would have been executed.
- Nawaz travelled to?Jeddah
, Saudi Arabia, where he was taken to a residence managed and controlled by the Saudi government,?and provided a Saudi loan to establish a steel mill.
12. Failed Attempt To Return To Pakistan. The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled on 23 August 2007 that Nawaz and his brother,?Shehbaz Sharif
, were free to return to Pakistan. Both vowed to return soon.
- On 8 September, Lebanese politician?Saad Hariri
?and Saudi intelligence chief?Prince Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz
?held an unprecedented joint press conference at Army Combatant Generals Headquarters (GHQ) to discuss how Nawaz's return would affect relations. Muqrin expressed hope that Nawaz would continue with the agreement to not return for 10 years, but said "these little things do not affect relations".
- Two days later, Nawaz returned from exile in London?to?Islamabad
. He was prevented from leaving the aeroplane and he was deported to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, within hours.?His political career appeared to be over.
13. Successful Return In Lahore. Musharraf went to Saudi Arabia on 20 November 2007, the first time he left Pakistan since implementing the emergency rule. ??He attempted to convince Saudi Arabia to prevent Nawaz from returning until after the January 2008 elections. ?Nawaz had become more politically relevant after the return to Pakistan of Benazir Bhutto, who had also been exiled.
- Saudi Arabia suggested that if Pakistan had allowed a democratic-socialist woman leader, Bhutto, to return to the country, then the conservative Nawaz should be permitted to return as well.
- Nawaz returned to Pakistan five days later. Thousands of supporters whistled and cheered as they hoisted Nawaz and his brother on their shoulders. ?After an 11-hour procession from the airport, he reached a mosque where he offered prayers as well as criticism against Musharraf. His return to Pakistan allowed only one day to register for elections, setting the stage for an overnight shift of the political scene.
- Musharraf Impeachment. The coalition government agreed on 7 August 2008 to impeach Musharraf. Zardari and Nawaz sent a formal request for him to step down. A charge sheet had been drafted and was to be presented to parliament.?It included Musharraf's first seizure of power in 1999 and his second in November 2007, when he declared an emergency as a means of being re-elected president.?The charge-sheet also listed some of Musharraf's contributions to the "war on terror".
- The National Assembly was summoned four days later to discuss impeachment proceedings.?On 18 August, Musharraf resigned as President of Pakistan due to mounting political pressure. On 19 August, Musharraf defended his nine-year rule in an hour-long speech.
- Nawaz claimed that Musharraf was responsible for the crisis in the nation. "Musharraf pushed the country's economy 20 years back after imposing martial law in the country and ousting the democratic government".
14.?Lawyers Movement. Musharraf had dismissed 60 judges and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry under the state of emergency in March 2007, in a failed bid to remain in power.
- Sharif had championed the cause of the judges since their dismissal, and he and Zardari had supported the reinstatement of judges in their campaigns. ?However, the new coalition government had failed to restore the judges, leading to its collapse in late 2008.
- Zardari feared that Chaudhry would undo all edicts instated by Musharraf including an amnesty that Zardari had received from corruption charges.
- On 25 February 2009, the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shehbaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Punjab, from holding public office.
- Zardari attempted to place Nawaz under house arrest,?but the Punjab police left his residence after an angry crowd gathered outside. The police decision to lift his confinement was very likely in response to an army command.
- Nawaz, with a large contingent of SUVs, began leading a march to?Islamabad
?but ended the march in?Gujranwala
.
- In a televised speech on 16 March, Prime Minister?Yusuf Raza Gilani
?promised to reinstate Chaudhry after receiving pressure from Pakistan's army, American and British envoys, and internal protests. PPP made a secret agreement to restore the PML government in the Punjab. Nawaz then called off the "long march".The PPP-led government continued to survive.
- A senior PML-N leader said "95% of the members of the PML(N) were against becoming part of the lawyers' movement, but after the [Supreme Court] verdict, the PML(N) had no other choice".
- The?18th Amendment
?passed in Parliament on 8 April 2010, removing the bar which allowed prime ministers to serve a maximum of two terms in office. This made Nawaz eligible to again become prime minister,[112]
?which he did in 2013.
- 2013 Pakistan General Election.?Between 2011 and 2013, Nawaz and?Imran Khan
?began to engage each other in a bitter feud. The rivalry between the two leaders grew in late 2011 when Khan addressed a large crowd at?Minar-e-Pakistan
?in Lahore. The two began to blame each other for many political reasons.
- From 26 April 2013, in the run up to the?2013 elections
, both the?PML-N
?and the?Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
?(PTI) vehemently criticised each other.
- Khan was accused of personally attacking Nawaz and was given notice by the?Election Commission of Pakistan
, though Khan denied it.
- Nawaz campaigned on a promise to end?load shedding
, construct motorways and Peshawar–Karachi?high-speed rail
.
- He also promised to construct a third port in?Keti Bandar
?on the southern coast of?Thatta District
.
- Just prior to the election, Nawaz confirmed he had a long telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister?Manmohan Singh
, suggesting a desire to improve diplomatic relations.
- The?Election Commission of Pakistan
?announced that the PML-N had won 124 seats in Parliament. Needing 13 additional seats to form a majority, Sharif held talks with elected?independent candidates
?to form a coalition. ?Eight days later, 18 independent candidates joined the party, allowing PML-N to form the government without the agreement of another political party
- Nawaz was sworn in for an unprecedented third term as prime minister on 7 June 2013. He faced numerous challenges, including bringing an end to?US drone strikes
?and?Taliban attacks
?while also tackling a crippled?economy
. Speculation was rife that the new government would need a bailout from the?International Monetary Fund
?to restore economic stability.
- On 3 May,?The Economist
?gave Sharif's administration partial credit for the economy's new stability, having upheld its agreements with the IMF. Standard & Poor revised Pakistan's credit rating from 'stable' to 'positive', noting the government's efforts towards fiscal consolidation, improvement in external financing conditions, and stronger capital inflows.
- The country's economy faced many challenges including energy shortages,?hyperinflation
, mild economic growth, high debt and a large budget deficit. Shortly after taking power in 2013, Nawaz received a US$6.6?billion loan from the?International Monetary Fund
?(IMF) to avoid a balance-of-payments crisis. Lower oil prices, higher remittances and increased consumer spending pushed growth toward a seven-year high of 4.3 percent in?FY2014–15
- On 4 July 2013, the IMF and Pakistan reached a provisional agreement on a US$5.3?billion bailout package to bolster Pakistan's flagging economy and its perilously low foreign exchange reserves, which was contrary to an election promise not to take any more loans.
- On 4 September, IMF approved another $6.7?billion loan package over a three-year period. IMF demanded Pakistan conduct economic reforms, including privatising 31 state-owned companies.
- On 27 June 2014, Khan announced that PTI would march on 14 August in protest of the government, alleging that the 2013 elections had been rigged. ?On 6 August 2014, Khan demanded the assemblies be dissolved and the resignations of the election commission and prime minister, claiming that?the march
?would be the "biggest political protest in the history of the country."
- PTI began their march from Lahore on 14 August and reached Islamabad on 16 August.
- Khan accused Nawaz of plundering the national wealth, and called on the public to withhold taxes and payment of utility bills to force the government to resign.
- PML-N attempted to negotiate a settlement with Khan and his party's backers to break the political deadlock. On 22 August 2014, Khan and his fellow 33 PTI lawmakers resigned from the National Assembly.
- Imran called for a caretaker government to be formed of non-politicians, and for fresh elections.
- In protest of alleged election rigging, the PTI's lawmakers announced their resignation from the National Assembly, and the Punjab and Sindh assemblies.
- In FY2015, industrial growth slowed due to power shortages,[158]
?as Sharif's administration failed to make adequate reforms in energy, taxation, and public sector enterprises.
- Asian Development Bank
?attributed gradual growth in economy to the continued low prices for oil and other commodities, the expected pick-up in growth in the advanced economies, and some alleviation of power shortages. ?However, the?sovereign debt
?of Pakistan increased dramatically, with total debts and liabilities swelled to?PRs.
?22.5?trillion (or US$73?billion) by August 2016
- Nawaz's administration issued a five-year $500-million Eurobond in 2015 at 8.25% interest and in September 2016, it also raised $1?billion by floating Sukuk (Islamic bonds) at 5.5%
- Seven members of the?Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
?conducted a terrorist attack on a public school in the city of?Peshawar
?on 16 December,2014?killing over 130 children in Pakistan's deadliest terrorist attack. In response to the attack, Nawaz – with consultation from all political parties – devised a 20-point?National Action Plan
?which included continued execution of convicted terrorists, establishment of special military courts for two years and regulation of?madrasas
.
- Based on the National Action Plan, the government made 32,347 arrests in 28,826 operations conducted across the country from 24 December 2014 to 25 March 2015.
- During the same period, Pakistan deported 18,855 Afghan refugees while the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) registered 64 cases for money transfer through?Hawala
, arrested 83 people and recovered?PRs.
?101.7?million. In total, 351 actionable calls were received on the anti-terror helpline and?National Database and Registration Authority
?verified 59.47?million?SIMs.
- On 28 March 2016, a suicide attack by the?Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
?at a park in Lahore killed 70 people on the evening of?Easter Sunday
.[
Analysts believed that Nawaz's desire to maintain stability in Punjab led him to turn a blind eye towards groups operating there. Following the attack, Pakistan detained more than 5,000 suspects and made 216 arrests.
15 .2016 Panama Papers leak. According to the?Panama Papers
, documents leaked in 2016 from law firm?Mossack Fonseca
, Nawaz's family holds millions of dollars worth of property and companies in the UK and around the world. Although they do not name Nawaz Sharif or his younger brother?Shehbaz Sharif
, they link in-laws of Shehbaz Sharif and children of Nawaz Sharif to numerous offshore companies.
- On 15 April 2016, the government announced an investigation by an inquiry commission of all Pakistanis named in the documents. Opposition politicians said a judge, not a retired judge, should investigate. Various judges?recused
?themselves. In addition, on 19 April, army chief General?Raheel Sharif
?warned that across-the-board accountability was needed.
- The court announced its decision on 28 July 2017 and disqualified Nawaz from holding public office, stating that he had been dishonest in not disclosing his employment in the Dubai-based Capital FZE Company in his nomination papers.?The court also ordered?National Accountability Bureau
?to file a reference against Nawaz and his family on corruption charges.
- In 2018, the Pakistani Supreme Court ruled in?Sami Ullah Baloch v. Abdul Karim Nousherwani
?that Nawaz would be disqualified from holding public office for life due to his involvement in the?Panama Papers case
?of 2017.
- On 6 July 2018, the Federal Judicial Complex of Pakistan sentenced Nawaz to ten years in prison. Nawaz's daughter?Maryam Nawaz
?and her husband?Safdar Awan
?were given prison sentences of seven years and one year, respectively. The two were subsequently arrested on their arrival in Lahore on 13 July and imprisoned in the?Adiala Jail
.[12]
?Nawaz and Maryam were also fined £2 million and £8 million, respectively.
16.?Inference.Reports claimed that Nawaz suffered four?angina
?attacks and his family complained that the Imran Khan government was not allowing him time for medical treatment. The?Islamabad High Court
?(IHC) granted him bail on humanitarian grounds in October 2019, and Nawaz went to London for medical treatment.
- Later in March, he was granted bail for a period of six weeks by the Supreme Court to continue pursuing his health treatment. After failing to return to Pakistan when his bail expired, the IHC declared him an absconder.?He currently faces non-bailable arrest warrants for the Al-Azizia corruption case.
- There from London he is running a conspiracy network to destabilize Pakistan and then got his own brother installed as PM through a conspiratory interference from abroad & local coup by PDM/Allies to oust Imran Khan. Miftah failure is the dirtiest conspiracy against Pakistan which is evident to all .now?