巴基斯坦第三次被解职不影响稳定.pdfVIP

Thirdtimeunlucky

Theprimeminister’ssackingneednotthrowPakistan

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Aslongasgenerals,judgesandpoliticiansalldotheirpart

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Aug3rd2017

OFTHE25peoplewhohaveheldthejobofprimeministerofPakistan,not

onehasservedafullparliamentaryterm.NawazSharifbecamethelatestto

findhimselfunemployedonJuly28th,whentheSupremeCourtdismissed

himforomittingsomeincomefromthedeclarationofassetshewasobliged

tosubmitasaparliamentarycandidate(seearticle).ThisisthethirdtimeMr

Sharifhasbeenejectedfromthepost:thebootedhimoutin1993,

thearmyin1999.

第三次倒霉

被解职并不会让陷入

只要、和都尽自己的职责

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2017年8月3日

在的25人中，没有一人完成了完整的议会。

纳瓦兹·(NawazSharif)于7月28日成为一位失业者，

当时院因他在作为议会候选人必须提交的资产申报中遗漏了一

些收入而解雇了他（见文章）。这是先生第三次被免职：总统

于1993年将他，1999年将他。

Thecourt’sdecisiontooustMrSharifwasquestionable,tosaytheleast.It

ruledthathisincompletedeclarationfellshortoftheconstitutional

requirementforMPstobe“honestandupright”.Butthatisanimpossibly

woollystandard,whichcouldbeusedtobanalmostanyone.Moreover,Mr

Sharif’slapse—thefailuretodeclareadirectorshipwhichcarriedasmall

salarythathedidnotevendraw—hardlyseemsegregious.Thecourt

admittedthatthemoreseriousalleionagainsthim,thathehadusedhis

firststintinofficetoenrichhimself,hadnotbeentestedinapropertrial,and

thus