RAWALPINDI: The head of Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that in the wake of increasing political tension in the country, only Supreme Court of Pakistan has capability to save democracy.
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In a series of tweets, the former interior minister said the overseas Pakistanis would also get their right to vote from the apex court, adding that the SC would also bring the corruption-tainted people to justice.
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Sheikh Rashid, while calling Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari “the son of money-laundering king,” said the PPP leader wanted an end to the NAB law but wished to enforce the same for judge. He said the IMF loan programme had suppressed the poor people.
جمھوریت کوبچانےکاایک ہی راستہ ہےجوسپریم کورٹ سےنکلےگاثبوت بھی نکلیں گےاور نیب زدہ لوگوں کے تابوت بھی نکلیں گےاور سیز پاکستانیوں کو ووٹ کا حق بھی ملے گامنی لانڈرکےکنگ کابیٹابلاول اپنےنیب کےقانون ختم اورججزپرلاگوکرناچاہتےہیںIMFکی بڑی جیل نےغریب کوڈیتھ زون میں داخل کردیاہے
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) February 27, 2023
Sheikh Rashid warned of anarchy and civil disobedience in the country, and said they [PDM] wanted to repeat the 1997 episode when the top court was attacked. He said the nation stood by its superior judiciary.
Sheikh Rashid, while taking a dig at the PDM after it was defeated by the PTI in the Rajanpur NA-193 by-election, said the “gang of five” had passed on the legacy of attacking judiciary to the next generation. After Maryam Nawaz, now Bilawal Bhutto was taking aim at it. He said the benches were not constituted to fulfill someone’s political wish.
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The Supreme Court would only give the date for the election while the decision would be taken by the people, he said.
