LAHORE: Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday demanded action against a trio of retired Supreme Court judges who had ousted him from office ahead of the 2018 elections.

The accountability of those who allegedly played a role in his ouster has been one of the persistent dem­ands of the PML-N supreme leader, but this time he did not demand act­ion against former generals, Qamar Javed Bajwa and Faiz Hameed.

In September last year before his return to Pakistan from London where he had been in a self-imposed exile, it was reported that PML-N would not demand the accountability of the former army chief and ex-spymaster in a bid to remain on good terms with the establishment.

Addressing a party general council meeting in the provincial capital, the elder Sharif said he would continue to raise the issue of his disqualification by the Supreme Court.

“Nowhere in the world, do judges send a prime minister or a president home. Under what authority they [judges] had removed me from the party president’s office,” he asked, referring to a court order that barred him from remaining the PML-N president in light of his disqualification under Article 62 and 63.

According to the PML-N leader, “How come three persons can disqualify a prime minister for not taking a salary from his son.” “I will keep on asking this question,” the ex-PM said, seeking an independent probe into his ouster in 2017.

Hitting out at three former judges former chief justice Saqib Nisar, Ijazul Ahsan and Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi — the PML-N leader sought action, claiming he had an audio clip of ex-CJP Nisar in which he was purportedly saying “we have to oust Nawaz to bring in Imran Khan as the premier”.

He even called for initiating a NAB case against Justice Naqvi for making “illegal” assets. “A case should be lodged against Justice Mazahar Naqvi for making huge assets as well as other judges involved in my ouster,” he said.