July 4, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government was all set to remove the then Chief Justice Saqib Nisar after Nawaz Sharif’s removal and disqualification but the decision was aborted at the eleventh hour. The draft reference for the Supreme Judicial Council was prepared during the tenure of the previous government. It was sent to the then Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who even took it to the then president. But it was later decided to kill the proposal. Only a few in the PML-N government knew about the plan even though, sources say, CJP Saqib Nisar had got a hint of what was cooking against him.