ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Friday approved the formation of a committee which will deliberate whether treason proceedings under Article 6 should be initiated against PTI’s top leadership, including the party’s chairman, Imran Khan. The cabinet also set up a committee to Tayyaba Gul’s allegations.
Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb, in a post-cabinet meeting press conference, said the cabinet approved the formation of a committee under Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar.
The information minister said the cabinet, which met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair, welcomed the Supreme Court’s detailed judgment in a suo motu case related to the ruling by former National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Suri on the no-confidence motion against then-PM Khan.
The federal minister said that during Friday’s cabinet meeting, a detailed discussion was held on the recent issues, particularly the detailed order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the suo moto case over the rejection of the vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly against then prime minister Imran Khan. The other issue under discussion was the complaint of Tayyaba Gul against former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal.
On the former, Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the cabinet passed a resolution welcoming the detailed order and the points raised therein.
She added that the apex federal forum saw the order as a charge sheet against the PTI and its office bearers involved in subverting the constitution.
Further, she said that the apex court’s order cleared that no proof of foreign interference was presented before the court.
“The court has rightly pointed out that if it was such a serious matter, why did the prime minister at the time, Imran Khan, not order an inquiry into the matter and instead adopt silence,” she said.
She added that it was decided that a special committee has been formed, led by Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarrar, and federal ministers of interior, information and others to review the points contained in the order and prepare a set of recommendations on implementing them.
On Tayyaba Gul’s complaint before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Aurangzeb said that Gul had filed a complaint on the prime minister’s portal of sexual harassment and sexual abuse.
