Imran Khan Attacks Sharif Before Pakistan Panama Leak Ruling

Opposition leader has hounded PM Sharif over graft allegations
Supreme Court may make a ruling on Panama leaks case Thursday

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By Chris Kay, Khalid Qayum, and Kamran Haider

February 23, 2017 at 4:38 AM UTC

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February 23, 2017 at 8:03 AM UTC

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces insurmountable damage to re-election prospects due to a corruption lawsuit against him and his family, opposition leader Imran Khan said before a Supreme Court ruling.

Khan -- a former cricket star who won adulation for leading Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup -- said Sharif was guilty in the “court of public opinion" as social media ensured updates from the trial swept across the nation. The court took up the case in November after Khan threatened street protests in the capital, Islamabad. An expected verdict on Thursday was indefinitely delayed as Asif Khan Khosa, the head of the five-member panel of judges, said they needed more time to consider all aspects of the suit.