ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said that the government is working to file a reference under Article 6 against PTI leaders following the Supreme Court’s decision in the matter of the National Assembly’s deputy speaker’s decision.
Late on Wednesday, the top court issued a detailed verdict in the suo motu case on former NA deputy speaker Qasim Suri’s decision on a no-confidence motion against former prime minister Imran Khan, saying the court was not satisfied with the evidence as insufficient evidence was presented. were done. To support PTI’s claim of foreign interference.
In an additional note, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel said that President Arif Alvi, then PM Khan, then NA president Asad Qaiser, former deputy speaker and former law minister Chaudhry had abused their authority.
“Whether these Acts attract Article 6 (high treason) of the Constitution has also been left open to the MPs to determine whether they should leave the doors open to such unconstitutional acts or such acts in the future.” Take appropriate measures to prevent disturbances.” He had suggested.
Addressing a press conference today, the Interior Minister said: “We have begun work to file a reference under Article 6. Only the federal government has the authority to file cases under Articles 5 and 6. “
The home minister said the apex court has given a “historic” verdict on the former deputy speaker’s decision. “This judgment has accepted the rule of law and the rule of the people.”
Sanaullah said the court used the words “gross violation” in its judgment, which led to the “political demise” of PTI chairman Imran Khan.
“Imran Khan violated the constitution for his own benefit” […] As per the order, the President, the then Prime Minister and the then Deputy Speaker violated the Constitution,” he said.
He said that apart from the sedition case, there is another way to punish PTI leaders.
“The NA president will approach the Election Commission to remove and disqualify them (PTI MNA including Imran Khan),” he said.
Sanaullah said that he would also seek the permission of the federal cabinet to arrest the PTI president.
In response, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also said that the detailed verdict issued by the Supreme Court on the no-confidence vote has “exposed lies and propaganda” by Imran Khan and his party leaders.
In a post on Twitter, he termed it “absolutely shameful” how the former prime minister tried to undermine the constitution and “fabricated the narrative of regime change”.
Reply to PTI
PTI, on the other hand, has termed the Supreme Court’s decision as “full of errors”. “The history of Supreme Court judgments in Pakistan has not been that bright,” PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry told a press conference.
Chowdhury claimed that PTI had urged the top court to investigate the matter and submit documents related to the “cipher” in the court, but the SC turned down the request and asked the party to “not talk in detail on the cipher”. asked for
The PTI leader said the Supreme Court’s ruling that there was not enough material to support the foreign conspiracy theory as “the court did not even bother to look at the evidence”.
Furthermore, the PTI leader claimed that people are aware of why the SC “did not want to investigate the cipher” because once the investigation into the alleged conspiracy began, a conversation – that “they want to avoid” its Talking about – will take place.
Commenting on Miankhel’s additional note, Chowdhury said that “if we start pursuing cases under Article 6, we will find that there are more people who can be hanged than there are”.