ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League – Supreme Leader Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the parliament to assert its supremacy following the recent Punjab vote verdict by the Supreme Court, which it said effectively “disabled the legislature by making it superfluous.”
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in London, Sharif claimed that survival of the country depended on force of its democratic institutions, and criticized the ongoing “drama” of crowding out elected government.
According to Sharif, current sentence in the Punjab election case was allegedly give benefit forone pampered man, disabling the state.
“Sorry,” Sharif said. “This result of over 70 years old of mismanagement and corruption in our political system. The time has come for us reassess way We run our country,” he said.
Sharif, singled out the “doctrine of necessity”, which was referred to by numerous times in Pakistan history legitimize military coups and other anti-constitutional actions.
He argued that this doctrine only applies to elected governments, and dictators enjoyed immunity from prosecution. This double standard weakened the democratic institutions of Pakistan, he added.
former prime minister also expressed concern over refusal of V demand compose full court, stating that, in his opinion, there could be “ulterior motives behind V decision”.
He said that decision against to him in the Panama Papers case was flawed and should were considered new- compiled bench. Sharif also claimed that his disqualification was result of cooperation between three former persons holding key positions.
According to Sharif, real victims of his dismissal was people of Pakistan, which plunged the country into chaos. He praised the judges. who were on right path saying they are waging “jihad” for improvement of a country.
