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    Pakistan's High Court Ousts Prime Minister Sharif In Panama Papers Fallout

    Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's third term in power comes to a dramatic end after a corruption scandal linked to his family's financial dealings.
    by Bill Chappell Jul 28, 2017 1 minute
    Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seen here on the day he spoke to an anti-corruption commission at the Federal Judicial Academy in Islamabad last month, has been disqualified from office. / AAMIR QURESHI / Getty Images

    A ruling by Pakistan's Supreme Court has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office, ending his tenure in dramatic fashion after a corruption scandal that stemmed from his family's financial dealings.

    In a unanimous decision, that Sharif

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