The petitioner’s lawyer an NSC meeting had been called in the wake of the former PM Nawaz Sharif’s irresponsible statement. Insisting that Nawaz Sharif’s statement could be used against Pakistan by her enemies, the lawyer contended that this amounted to sedition. LHC to hear challenge to Sharifs convictionFormer PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had violated his oath, he maintained. The lawyer stated by rejecting the National Security Council’s statement, the disqualified prime minister had committed an act of sedition. He also requested the court to punish former prime minister Abbasi in violation of his oath.

Source: The Express Tribune September 10, 2018 18:33 UTC