Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif was today re-elected as the
president of the ruling PML-N and the ousted Pakistan prime minister
immediately demanded that those who disqualified him should respect the
people's mandate and democracy.
Sharif, 67, had to step down as the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after he was disqualified as the PM by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal.
Addressing a gathering of party members at the Convention Centre here,
Sharif said his supporters kept reelecting him to power despite his
ousters from the office. He said the party members knew the reasons
behind his disqualification as PM.
The PML-N yesterday took full advantage of its position as the ruling party as President Mamnoon Hussain signed the controversial Election Act 2017 into law hours after it was bulldozed through the National Assembly amid pandemonium on the opposition benches, the Dawn reported.
