Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Toppled by Corruption Case<br />By SALMAN MASOODJULY 28, 2017<br />ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Nawaz Sharif stepped down as Pakistan’s prime minister on Friday after the Supreme Court ordered his removal over accusations of corruption, in a ruling<br />that is likely to shift the country’s tumultuous political balance.<br />Announced by the five-member Supreme Court, the verdict caps more than a year of high political drama, breathless court proceedings<br />and a piercing investigation into the finances of the Sharif family.<br />od for civilian supremacy." He urged party workers to remain peaceful and said<br />that the party respects the country’s institutions. that crime was that he sto<br />Shamsi said that The Sharif political dynasty has somehow managed to survive Pakistan’s rough<br />and bloody politics for over three and a half decades through wheeling and dealing,<br />" Mr. Rizvi said. that Whoever they bring will be a weak prime minister, as Nawaz<br />Sharif would want to have someone who is more or less in line with his thinking,<br />The governing political party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, must now choose an interim prime<br />minister to replace Mr. Sharif until the next general election, which is scheduled for mid-2018.<br />Hasan Askari Rizvi said that I did not expect Nawaz Sharif to go scot-free,
