Dawn:  Cases would be opened against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's family Captain Muhammad Safdar, Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz as well as Sharif himself. The Pakistan prime minister was additionally disqualified from holding his office. The judges ruled that the prime minister had been dishonest to parliament and the courts and could not be deemed fit for his office.

The judgement was an unanimous, 5:0.