Pak PM Sharif’s party smells conspiracy to remove him

Lahore, Some people hiding behind “constitutional institutions” in Pakistan are hatching a “systematic conspiracy” to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from mainstream politics using the high-profile Panama Papers case, the ruling PML-N party alleged today.
This is the second time in less than a week that Sharif’s party has accused Pakistan’s powerful establishment of conspiring to oust the civilian government amid strains in ties with the the powerful military and the judiciary.
On June 5, Sharif said that “some people” were hatching conspiracies against his government. His State Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb then openly pointed finger at the establishment, saying it was behind the ongoing campaign to “humiliate” the Sharif family by leaking images of Sharif’s son on social media showing him facing the JIT at the Federal Judicial Academy, triggering panic in the government circles.
Abid Sher Ali, a relative of Sharif and minister of state for water and power, said today that some people were hatching a plot to remove the PM from the political system.
“We will not accept any decision to minus Nawaz Sharif from the political system,” Ali said, referring to the Panama Papers scandal in which an investigation is underway against Sharif and his children for their alleged offshore holdings.
Ali said the Sharif family has been facing accountability for the past 40 years. “A systematic conspiracy is being hatched to have a face off between the government and judiciary to send Sharif packing,” he said.
Several other members of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have previously flagged concerns about such conspiracy theories.
Parliamentarians Daniyal Aziz, Talal Chaudhry and Miaza Hamid have said the ruling party does not accept the JIT probe into the Panama Papers case and it will soon hit the streets against the controversial investigation.