Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif faces treason charges for consulting 'fugitive' brother Nawaz Sharif on appointment of next Army chief
The Hindu
Pakistan’s Punjab Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Basharat Raja presented the resolution in the House seeking action against PM Shehbaz under Article 6 of the Constitution.
Pakistan's Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution with a majority vote against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking his trial under treason charges for consulting his ‘fugitive’ elder brother Nawaz Sharif in London on the appointment of the new army chief.
Punjab Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Basharat Raja presented the resolution in the House seeking action against Prime Minister Shehbaz under Article 6 (treason) of the Constitution. Punjab is ruled by ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and its ally party PMLQ.
The resolution says the premier consulted a fugitive — Nawaz Sharif, a three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan — in London a couple of days ago on the appointment of the new army chief, which not only amounts to the Prime Minister’s oath preventing him from sharing sensitive matters with unrelated persons but also an insult to the institution of the Army.
Prime Minister Shehbaz was in London to attend the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who also met Nawaz Sharif during his stay in the city and discussed the appointment of the next Army chief with him.
Nawaz Sharif has been living in London since November 2019 after Lahore High Court granted him bail for eight weeks on medical grounds.
Before leaving for London Nawaz was serving a seven-year sentence in Al-Azizia corruption case at the Lot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore.
Incumbent Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is due to retire in late November this year. The coalition government led by Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (N) has said it would consult its allied parties and the army top brass to appoint the new army chief.
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