16 September, 2017
"All these review petitions are dismissed", said Supreme Court justice Asif Saeed Khosa who oversaw the five-member review panel. The reasons for the judgment will be revealed later in the detailed order.
With the rejection of the petitions, Sharif has exhausted all legal options to challenge his disqualification, jeopardising his chances to stage a political comeback. The Sharif family and Dar will now face corruption references filed by the National Accountability Bureau in the accountability court.
"My father was disqualified for not taking salary from his sons' company", she said.
The ruling party has portrayed the Supreme Court decision as a slap for the electorate in the nuclear-armed nation. The by-election on the seat left vacant after Sharif's disqualification by the Supreme Court, will be held on 17 September.
He said the Sharifs had attempted to get the monitoring judge removed during court proceedings to delay the cases against them, but their efforts have failed with the Supreme Court's dismissal of review petitions.
But Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, called the verdict a "victory of good governance in Pakistan".
Maryam, the daughter of the deposed premier Nawaz, urged the crowd present in the convention to become part of the history by supporting her mother, Kulsoom Nawaz, who is contesting on the NA-120 seat.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Law, Zafarullah Khan, termed the verdict "unjustified".
The case against the prime minister stemmed from the Panama Papers leak a year ago, which spurred a media frenzy over the extravagant lifestyles and high-end London property portfolio of the Sharif family.
This time they have been summoned on September 20.
