Pakistan government coalition leaders criticise judiciary over handling of Punjab CM re-election case
India Today
Top leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition government expressed distrust in the Supreme Court's handling of a case related to the election of the chief minister in Punjab province.
Top leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition on Monday expressed distrust in the Supreme Court's handling of a case related to the election of the chief minister in Punjab province, saying "bench-fixing" is a crime similar to "match-fixing," and urged it to avoid constituting a "specific bench" for taking one-sided decisions.
The coalition government leaders, including the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah addressed a joint press conference ahead of the significant Supreme Court hearing on Hamza Shehbaz's re-election as the chief minister of Punjab province.
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"Institutions are insulted from within, not outside. One wrong decision blows up an entire case. Criticism isn't needed where the right decisions are taken," Maryam, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and PML-N supremo, said.
The PML-N vice president pointed out that there were many respected judges appointed to the apex court and questioned why they were not involved in hearing the PML-N’s cases.
“One or two judges, who have always been anti-PML-N and anti-government, are repeatedly included in the bench,” she said, adding that “bench-fixing is a crime just like match-fixing”.
The PML-N leader asked for the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of this issue.
