Top judge responsible if anything happens to Nawaz: Maryam

Claims CJP's protocol includes 35 vehicles

In a series of tweets, Maryam Nawaz has said that if anything were to happen to ousted premier Nawaz Sharif it would be the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar's fault.

"My Lord! You may take away security from the prime minister who looked terrorism straight in the eye and uprooted it. But if something happens to him, you will be responsible," Maryam tweeted, in response to the video of the top judge's protocol.

خدانخواستہ اُسے کچھ ہوا تو ذمہ دار صرف آپ ہوں گے https://t.co/SwXbr7wItE

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) April 21, 2018

 

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader also made a point by retweeting a video of the CJP's protocol while on his way to a hospital in Charsadda. "The protocol for the CJP includes 35 vehicles. If this isn't how a kingdom works, then what is?" said the tweet on Maryam's profile.

چیف جسٹس پاکستان جسٹس ثاقب نثار صاحب صرف 35 گاڑیوں کے پروٹوکول میں چارسدہ اسپتال پہنچے ۔۔۔

بادشاہت یہ نہیں تو اور کیا ہے ؟ pic.twitter.com/wsdixXmCPb

— Aamir Saeed Abbasi (@AmirSaeedAbbasi) April 21, 2018

On Thursday, the CJP directed police chiefs of all provinces to withdraw within 24 hours the security protocol provided to influential individuals not entitled to official security.

Justice Nisar issued this directive to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Inspector General Police (IG) Salahuddin Mehsud as well as IGs of all other provinces through a notice during the hearing of a case pertaining to the security provided to individuals in K-P.

Earlier, the CJP also questioned the top police official of the province regarding the number of personnel deployed on personal security duties. “How many personnel and vehicles of the K-P police are engaged for the security of influential individuals?” the CJP asked Mehsud who appeared before the court.



“A total of 3,000 personnel are currently posted as part of the security protocol for influential individuals in the K-P,” the IG informed the top judge. The chief justice noted that people who have been blessed with everything in life should also be able to arrange for private security for themselves.

“Take back additional security from everyone by midnight,” the CJP instructed the IG. The IG informed the court that the police had already taken back police vehicles from 900 people in the province, who had been provided security earlier.