Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns after Panama Papers verdict

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif has resigned from office following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him. 

The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif's children to offshore companies.
  
Mr Sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
 
The five judges reached a unanimous verdict. 

Following the verdict, one of the judges said Mr Sharif is no longer eligible to be an honest Member of Parliament.

Source: BBC