Certain quarters trying to use SC to conspire against Pakistan: Rana Sanaullah

FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that certain quarters are using the Supreme Court to conspire against Pakistan.

Hope the SC judges don’t let such people succeed in their designs, Sanaullah remarked while speaking to media in Faisalabad. “These conspirators need to be curbed. We understand that the honourable SC judges will always choose what is best for the country.”

The Punjab law minister also said that using articles 62 (qualification for parliament membership) and 63 (disqualification from parliament membership) of the Constitution like Article 58 (2)b will be rejected by the nation.

Article 58 (2)b had granted the president the power to dissolve National Assembly if “a situation has arisen in which the Government of the Federation cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and an appeal to the electorate is necessary.”

PML-N opponents are relying on undemocratic ways to remove the prime minister, he said, adding they knew it would be difficult for them to defeat Nawaz Sharif in the 2018 elections.

Sanaullah further said that no one is hearing what senior politician Javed Hashmi has been saying. On Imran Khan, he remarked that when it comes to his accountability he claims to have no record of anything.

“During last elections, people came out to vote for Nawaz Sharif. The people wanted to Nawaz to win.”

The country’s 200 million population is sitting silently, it is about time people raise their voices, he stressed,

He claimed that a conspiracy is being hatched against Pakistan at a time when the country has eliminated terrorism and load shedding. Pakistan is on the verge of dropping an economic bomb in the form of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he said.

“Whenever Pakistan is progressing, this is what happens to us,” he added.

PML-N trying to pressurise Supreme Court: Shah

Responding to Rana Sanaullah’s media talk, Opposition leader Khursheed Shah remarked that PML-N is trying to pressurise the Supreme Court while speaking to Geo News.

PML-N always tries to take advantage of disagreements between different institutions, he claimed.

“The institutions are not so weak that ministers can intimidate them.”