ISLAMABAD: Categorically rejecting the recent payments bulldozed via the Nationwide Meeting and the Senate, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Monday accused the federal government of turning parliament right into a “rubber-stamp”.
Speaking to journalists outdoors the Parliament Home, the PTI chairman stated: “Pakistan’s parliament is being made rubber-stamp. [Opposition’s] voice within the Home is being silenced. This monarchy can’t be the destiny of the Pakistani nation.”
His remarks got here after the decrease home of parliament handed six payments together with “The Supreme Court docket Variety of Judges (Modification) Invoice, 2024 with the bulk vote, following an in depth clause-by-clause assessment.
Different payments embody the “Supreme Court docket (Observe and Process) (Modification) Invoice, 2024,” the “Islamabad Excessive Court docket (Modification) Invoice, 2024,” Pakistan Military Modification Invoice, 2024,” the Pakistan Air Pressure Modification Invoice, 2024,” and the “Pakistan Navy Modification Invoice, 2024.”
The PTI chief stated that the individuals of Pakistan reject any type of laws that might lead the nation to a monarchy.
“As typical, the federal government was in a rush [to get the bill passed from the House] immediately.”
Referring to the tempo of approval by the parliament, Barrister Gohar stated that he was certain that the lawmakers who gave their nod to the laws immediately didn’t even know the content material of the payments.
The PTI chief additional stated that the federal government handed the invoice to extend the variety of judges within the high courtroom in a bid to nominate CJP of its alternative. One of many payments handed by the parliament sought to extend the variety of judges within the SC as much as 34 to “clear the backlog of circumstances”.
Slamming the SC-centric invoice, the PTI chief stated: “A state has three pillars, if you happen to weak one pillar, you might be weakening the entire state.”
He was of the view that the federal government was usurping the essential rights of the individuals and pushing the nation in direction of destruction.