NA Speaker writes a letter to CJP Bandial asking him to avoid getting involved in the political thicket
ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked the chief justice of Pakistan Bandial to avoid getting involved in the political thicket.
NA Speaker stated this in a letter written to the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial.
Addressing the CJP, Speaker said, “The country’s top court must avoid getting involved in the political thicket as far as possible.”
NA Speaker wrote the letter after the National Assembly observed the court’s encroachment upon the National Assembly’s power to approve expenditures from the Federal Consolidated Fund.
The Supreme Court is expected to resume the hearing of the case of the elections today (Thursday). The apex court set an April 27 deadline for the release of the funds for elections in Punjab, but that didn’t happen yet.
Supreme Court commits contempt of Parliament, says Bilawal
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the CJP Bandial-led three-member bench of the Supreme Court committed Contempt of Parliament by giving its verdict against the decision of the Parliament.
He said that the issue of contempt of the Parliament against the three judges, including the chief justice should be handed over to the Privileges Committee of the Parliament.
File photo of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Bilawal argued that how could an institution give the order to set aside the order of the Parliament?
Foreign Minister said, “There are grim chances of success if negotiations are held under the Supreme Court led negotiations, which he called Punchayat.”
Bilawal said it was not the role of the Supreme Court to change the Constitution. He said that the PPP made the Constitution and the 18th Amendment.
He said this was done to unite the federation for the honor of the Parliament.
“Parliament is the mother of all institutions, it is being insulted,” he added.
“This impression is being created that we are violating the Constitution. Contrary to the facts, we have never thought of violating the Constitution,” Bilawal added.
He said that his party was ready to remove the misunderstanding regarding the Constitution.
Bilawal further said that politicians are bound by the order of the House. They are not bound by the order of any other institution, he added.
He pointed out that funds will be issued for elections only after approval from the Parliament.
“As a result of the current crisis, Pakistan and the people are losing,” Bilawal Bhutto commented in a firebrand speech on the floor of the Lower House of the Parliament.
“Democracy and federalism are in danger,” he warned.
