LAHORE: Six years after a court decision had forced Nawaz Sharif from office, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) elected him as the party’s president “unopposed” on Tuesday.
As a result of the Panama Papers ruling, Nawaz lost both the prime ministership in 2017 and the leadership of his party in 2018. Since then, the PML-N has developed a narrative around the slogan “mujhy kyun nikala” (Why was I removed?), which refers to the former prime minister.
Nonetheless, Nawaz was re-elected as the party president today because no other party official filed to challenge the party supremo for the top position.
Speaking at the party’s general council meeting following his six-year absence from the top position, the former prime minister said that Pakistan would have progressed if his governments had not been toppled repeatedly.
