Maryam says Supreme Court will have to accept parliament’s decision on Punjab polls. Amid an impasse between the judiciary and the executive over the matter of early polls in Punjab, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz asserted Monday that the Supreme Court will have to accept parliament’s decision on the matter.
لاہور: چیف آرگنائزر مسلم لیگ ن مریم نواز مزدوروں کے عالمی دن کے موقع پر تقریب سے خطاب کر رہی ہیںhttps://t.co/wt2WkDeV5P
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Addressing a workers’ convention in Lahore to mark International Labour Day, Maryam, while referring to the Supreme Court’s three-member bench hearing the Punjab polls delay case, said the nation is eagerly awaiting the top court’s verdict.
موجودہ حالات کا ذمہ دار صرف عمران خان نہیں بلکہ وہ پورا ٹولہ ذمہ دار ہے جس نے پاکستان کو نوچ نوچ کے کھایا ہے.پاکستان کا کرپٹ ترین شخص اٹھا کے دیکھ لیں وہ اس گینگ میں شامل ہے.چیف آرگنائزر مسلم لیگ ن مریم نوازشریف pic.twitter.com/BKzLAcrOiD
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“You will have to accept the decision of the Parliament. If the Constitution of the country is supreme then parliament is also supreme,” she remarked.
Maryam was referring to the parliament’s move to reject a money bill seeking funds for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, despite the top court’s order.
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During the last hearing of the polls delay case, a three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan urged the ruling alliance and the opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to sit together for talks on elections for the sake of the Constitution.
2013 سے 2017 تک جب نوازشریف صاحب وزیراعظم تھے آٹے کی قیمت مزدور کیلیے انہوں نے 35 روپے سے بڑھنے نہیں دی.چینی کی قیمت 50 روپے سے بڑھنے نہیں دی وہ ایک ہی بات کرتے تھے کہ اس ملک کا غریب اور مزدور پیٹ بھر کے کھانا کھائے.چیف آرگنائزر مسلم لیگ ن مریم نوازشریف pic.twitter.com/tZDzJ8pk3n
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“Please for the sake of the Constitution sit with each other,” remarked CJP Bandial while wrapping up the election delay case’s hearing on April 27.
Commenting on the case proceedings, Maryam said an honourable judge of the apex court raised questions over the PTI’s move to dissolve the assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
She quoted the judge as saying that the reason for dissolving assemblies needed to be sorted out before deciding the case.
“The senior judges of the Supreme Court raised their voice against the conspiracy,” Maryam added.
The ruling party leader said PTI wanted the elections in the country soon “otherwise, there will be no one to help them win the elections”.
Maryam said the PTI chief himself admitted that he dissolved the provincial legislatures on the advice of former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa.
In the same address, Maryam also took a swipe at former chief justice justice (retd) Saqib Nisar, accusing him of using influence to bring Imran back in power.
مجھے اس بات کا علم ہے کہ اتنے مشکل معاشی حالات کے باوجود وزیراعظم شہبازشریف صاحب نے مزدور کی کم سے کم اجرت 35,000 روپے مقرر کی ہے لیکن میری خواہشن ہے اور آپکا پیغام بھی ان تک پہنچاؤں گی کہ کم از کم اجرت 40,000 ہونا چاہیے.چیف آرگنائز مسلم لیگ ن مریم نوازشریف pic.twitter.com/kPnksKnFbp
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She also referred to the latest audio leak of former top judge’s son, Najam Saqib, wherein he could be purportedly heard demanding a bribe from a PTI aspirant in return for an election ticket.
Addressing the former top judge, Mayram asked him to tell how much money he took for convicting her father, former PM Nawaz Sharif, in the Panama Papers case.
“Tell me if Rs12 million for a ticket, then how much was it for Panama?” she remarked.
