Karachi: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned on July 28 immediately after the country’s apex court ruled that he was unfit for the office.
The judges also ruled that the premier was dishonest to parliament and courts and disqualified him from holding the office for life.
This was stated by Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf.
A spokesman of Prime Minister House said that Sharif resigned following the judgment despite having reservations on the verdict.
Following the judgment, the Pakistan Cabinet stood dissolved.
A bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa gave a majority 5-0 decision, The Hindu reported.
The judges also disqualified Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
The judges ruled on a petition from Opposition leader Imran Khan. On April 20, two judges declared that Sharif was not truthful.
The court has recommended that all material collected by the Joint Investigation Team would be sent to an accountability court within six weeks, and that cases would be opened against Sharif and his children, Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, and son-in-law Captain Safdar.
A judgment should be announced within 30 days, it said.
One judge will oversee the implementation of this order.
This is the third time Sharif has been unable to complete his term in the chief executive’s office. He was dismissed on July 18, 1993 and overthrown the second time on October 12, 1999 in a military coup.