Defence minister calls for judiciary to ‘fix its house’
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday once again zeroed in on the judiciary saying that a special committee should be formed to investigate facilitation by the judiciary in the abrogation of the Constitution over the years.
During his fiery speech in the National Assembly (NA), Asif while reiterating that they respect judiciary demanded the Supreme Court (SC) to handover details of the proceeding of the election suo moto case.
n a hard-hitting speech, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said that the judiciary should be made accountable for disqualifying former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani from holding public office.
He blasted the judiciary while addressing the National Assembly session.
Asif’s statement came hours after Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial remarked that the political parties wanted to “pick and choose” the bench for “desired judgements”.
وفاقی وزیر دفاع خواجہ آصف کا قومی اسمبلی میں اظہارِ خیال#NASession @KhawajaMAsif pic.twitter.com/0RSpBpcRFh
— National Assembly 🇵🇰 (@NAofPakistan) May 2, 2023
