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Panama Papers Lead to Resignation of Pakistan's Prime Minister

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday July 29 2017, @03:11AM   
from the pecans-or-walnuts? dept.

takyon writes:

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned following a court decision related to financial revelations from the Panama Papers leak:

Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office. The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif's children to offshore companies.

Mr Sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case. The five judges reached a unanimous verdict in the Islamabad court, which was filled to capacity. "Following the verdict, Nawaz Sharif has resigned from his responsibilities as prime minister," a spokesman for Mr Sharif's office said in a statement.

There was heightened security in the capital, with tens of thousands of troops and police deployed.

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• Re:The "other" place had the best headline. Re:The "other" place had the best headline. (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:35AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:35AM (#546153)

  Well, don't leave us hanging, what's the headline? Parent post is currently +2, Informative, but it should be -1, Tease!

  I bet it's another riff on "sans Shariff". I read about this story on Techdirt, where it was titled From Sans Serif To Sans Sharif: #Fontgate Leads To Calls For Pakistan's Prime Minister To Resign [techdirt.com].

  The Techdirt article also mentions that

  [#fontgate] allowed the Indian newspaper Financial Express to use the memorable headline: "Awesome story of Calibri, the font that may leave Pakistan sans Sharif [financialexpress.com]."

  Anyway, I really like puns. Unfortunately, as you probably know, puns are for children, not groan people. /ba-dum-tsh

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• Re:The "other" place had the best headline. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:39AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:39AM (#546154)

  Ah, ninja'd by an AC posting the headline :) Thanks AC, modded Informative :D

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