Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns over Panama Papers verdict

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Islamabad  : 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…