On Friday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned after the Pakistani Supreme Court disqualified him from office on charges of corruption. Sharif’s family finances were uncovered as part of the 2015 Panama Papers and led many opposition parties to call for an investigation into offshore accounts belonging to Sharif and his children. Sharif’s ousting comes approximately one year before Pakistan’s next scheduled election and calls into question Pakistan’s political direction. The Cipher Brief’s Bennett Seftel sat down with Dan Markey, Pakistan expert at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss these recent events and how they could impact U.S.-Pakistan relations moving forward.
The Cipher Brief: What do you make of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation?
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