<<Fawad Chaudhry dubs PA deputy speaker ‘hired’ man>>
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said that yesterday election was not held but it was an auction.
While talking to media in Lahore, the PTI leader said that the constitution has been destroyed. He said that the country cannot accept politics of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. “If you want to do such politics, then there should be an auction, not an election,” he added.
He went on to say that the Deputy Speaker of Punjab Dost Mohammad Mazari has stolen the mandate of people. He said that he has violated the constitution and ethics of the politics.
Fawad further said that the economy has suffered irreparable damage and Pakistan is on verge of getting bankrupt.
Former Information minister questioned that how did the letter of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) head Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain came out from the pocket of the Deputy Speaker? “Supreme Court (SC) must summon Mazari in contempt of Court case,” he said.
Fawad while talking about Chaudhry Shujaat, said that our fears came out true as PML-Q supremo has said that his party will not support the candidate of Imran Khan.
He concluded saying that the masses must brace themselves for the protest as not only economy but the politics is on verge of “bankruptcy”.
Earlier on Friday, the Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly Dost Mazari had rejected Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) 10 votes in favor of Punjab Chief Minister candidate Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi in light of party head Chaudhry Shujaat’s letter in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
While announcing the result, Mazari read Shujaat’s letter out loud. “As party head of Pakistan Muslim League, I have issued directions to all my provincial members to cast their votes in favour of Muhammad Hamza Shehbaz Sharif,” Mazari quoted Hussain as saying.
After this, he declared Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif as the CM Punjab.
Hamza had won the election after getting 179 votes and Pervaiz Elahi got 186 votes; however, after Chaudhary Shujaat’s letter, the Deputy Speaker rejected 10 votes of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) in Elahi’s favour.
The Deputy Speaker refused to count the 10 votes cast by the PML-Q MPAs citing Article 63 (1) (A) of the Constitution of Pakistan. Therefore, the parliamentary strength of the opposition alliance was reduced to 176.
Meanwhile, decrying Punjab Assembly’s deputy speaker’s yesterday ruling, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry has said that the former has buried all kind of ethical values with his contentious decision.
Talking to media on Saturday, the former information minister said that last night, PA Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari laid his hands on public mandate.
“We have come to Supreme Court to tell it that Mazari is a ‘hired’ man,” Fawad told a bevy of journalists. He pointed out that PML-Q President Shujaat Hussain’s controversial letter was found in the pocket of the deputy speaker only. He castigated Mazari for crushing ethical values.
The former information minister said that the PTI wanted election in the country. “Let the people decide to whom they want to give reins of power,” he added.
He rued that the constitution was trampled last night. He said that his party wanted deputy speaker to be charged in contempt of court and violation of constitution. He said that his party had already informed the Supreme Court that Mazari was not impartial.
Fawad said that Hamza had assured the court that free and fair election would be held but it was not the case. Constitution has been violated, he aadded.
He also said that Ch Shujaat was not physically fit that’s why his power of decision was limited.
Criticizing former president Asif Ali Zardari’s role, Fawad said those who were raising their political stature on the strength of ‘wades of currency note’, nation should get rid of them.
He lamented that irreparable loss had been done to country’s economy and further instability would be dangerous.
