Islamabad:
Pakistan leader Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI), Salman Akram Raja, said on Wednesday that the recent letters of two judges from the High Court of Islamabad (CIH) had “exposed the state of the judiciary”, while he criticized the leaders of the government for having undertaken foreign trips while the country struggling with floods.
One day earlier, judge Babar Sattar of the IHC and judge Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan raised serious questions about the lack of transparency before the High Court and wrote separate letters to the Chief Sardar Sarfraz Dogar.
Addressing a press conference with PTI and the leaders of the opposition alliance in the federal capital, Raja said that the letters written by the two JUDGs of the IHC had “exposed the reality of the judicial system”. He added that the country was facing devastating floods while government leaders were engaged in foreign tours.
Raja condemned the attack on the Akhtar Mengal rally, calling him a terrorist against which “no patriot can remain silent”.
At least 17 people lost their lives and more than 30 were injured in a powerful explosion near a BNP rally in Quetta on Tuesday.
Raja questioned the fate of the funds promised after the Geneva conference in 2022, alleging that corruption and negligence had aggravated the situation of the floods. “Exports have dropped, imports increased and the economic crisis has fully exposed the simulated system installed after February 8,” he noted.
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, said that Pakistan had been dismembered in 1971 and warned that companies without justice collapse. “Before these floods, the country has faced a deluge of constitutional violations. If we want unity, we must accept the supremacy of law,” he said, warning that a peaceful political struggle was the qualification of terrorism to stifle dissent.
The former president of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, also condemned the attack on the Mengal rally and underlined the devastation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where 13 members of a single family were killed in Bannu.
He urged the federal government to work with the provinces to build small dams, to complete delayed projects such as the Billion Tree initiative and to ensure constitutional supremacy. “Mian Sahib used to say” respect the vote “, but when you lost the mandate on February 8, you should have resigned,” he added.
Former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair argued that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had a speech in China saying that there was “no corruption” under his mandate.
“The report of the verifier general clearly shows that 300 billion rupees were lost in the wheat scandal, while the sugar-succre owners who are part of the government have pocketed 300 billion rupees.”
Speaking on occasion, former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said that everyone was aware of “the limited space for freedom of expression”.
“Eminent media anchors had been removed from the air. A few days ago, a journalist was recovered from his residence. When when [I] Given the tweet [he had] Has nothing reprehensible, “said Khokhar.
“”[When] The judges of the Supreme Court and the High Court declare that the judiciary is not independent: “Where are we supposed to turn?” “He asked.
Khokhar said that the letters of the IHC judges had indicated “clearly, leaving people wondering what door they should strike for justice”.
He announced his intention to publish a white paper covering the judicial history of the former chief judges Iftikhar Chaudhry in Qazi Faez Isa.
