Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday compared the corruption cases against him to a 'flop' movie as he appeared before an accountability court trying him for graft in the Panama Papers scandal that forced him to resign.
The cases were launched on September 8 following the Supreme Court verdict of July 28 that disqualified Sharif as prime minister and ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for institution of cases against him.
Sharif, 68, arrived in the court - his 13th appearance - in Islamabad. He was accompanied by daughter Maryam and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar, who are co-accused in one of three cases.
During the hearing, at least two more witnesses produced by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) recorded their statements. Sharif's lawyer Khawaja Harris cross-examined the witnesses.
Sharif after the court hearing narrated a story about a famous big-budget film in the 1960s to dismiss corruption charges against him.
"After it was released, amid much fanfare, someone asked the producer and director how the movie was faring, to which they replied 'Pehlay haftay zabardast, doosray haftay zabardasti (The first week was great but the second was forced)," Sharif said as he linked the 'flop' movie to his own corruption cases.
