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Govt-Judiciary tussle can harm country: Qureshi

Dated: 2012-08-08


 
SHEIKHUPURA: Central Senior Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said that the government should avoid confrontation with judiciary and it can derail democracy and further could harm the country.

The PTI leader while addressing press conference at the residence of Chaudhry Noor Ahmad Sarra, strongly criticised the PPP-led coalition government and said that the government is deliberately ready to confront with the judiciary.

The claimed that all the moves which are being done by the government is meant to just provide protection to corrupt President Asif Ali Zardari. However, the PTI will not allow the government to do all this to save the corrupt people.

He demanded that the government should immediately hold elections while there is no need to hold local bodies polls at this time.

Commenting on the allegations made by PML-N on Imran Khan and Shaukat Khanum Hospital, said that by this N-league expressed their meanness.

Qureshi said that it was an historic decision to declare null and void the contempt of court law which was enacted in hurry and on to pursue personal interests .The basic purpose of this law was to protect the present corrupt leadership.

The former foreign minister said the foremost task of the parliament is legislation, however the parliament cannot legislate any law that would confront with the constitution, moreover the judiciary’s work, is to interpret the law.

PTI leader Ch Saadat Nawaz, Kanwar Imran Saeed Advocate, former Parliamentary Secretary Sardar Kamil Omer, former District nazim Chaudhary Tawaqal Allah work, Chaudhary Shafqat Ali Gujar, Chaudhary Faiz ur Rasool Gujar, Chaudhary Murtaza Virk, Sardar Asif Dogar and other leaders were also present on the occasion.



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