ISLAMABAD –.
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry has asserted that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was ‘pressurising’ judiciary to stop the elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) from happening within the constitutional time frame of 90 days, ARY News reported on Friday.
Talking to journalists, the former information minister said that PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz was leading a campaign against ‘judiciary’ as the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has taken a suo motu notice of delay in Punjab and KP elections.
“The PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement] government was targeting the judges vigorously,” Fawad Chaudhry said, noting that they cannot hide their ‘incompetence’ by ‘insulting’ others.
Referring to government’s reservation of the SC bench – hearing the suo motu notice, Fawad said that the bench also includes five judges who suspended the ruling of the then-deputy speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri.
“The incumbent rulers came into power after Qasim Suri’s ruling was suspended,” he said, adding that the PTI accepted the SC’s verdict and did not confront the judiciary.
He pointed out that a case was registered against former premier and PTI Chairman Imran Khan after the latter demanded legal action against the torture of Shahbaz Gill. “Despite the registration of case, we did not target the judiciary,” he added.
