Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said the court’s decision regarding the restoration of the local bodies system would be fully respected.
The governor made these remarks while speaking to media persons after a seminar organised by Anti-TB Association at the Governor’s House on Thursday. He said the government was pursuing a policy of strengthening institutions, contrary to past practice of favouring individuals.
“There is no doubt that half of the problems get resolved through the local bodies. We believe the country can only move forward by strengthening institutions,” he added.
Sarwar said in democratic governments’ tenure, local bodies got weak whereas they were strengthened during military regimes. “Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) held local bodies' elections upon the order of the Supreme Court in their tenure.
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We respect court decisions even if they are against us because we believe in the supremacy of law.”
He said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has no future.
Responding to a question on the judicial system reforms, the governor said “we are ready for reforms in every sector, including the judicial system. But how can there be a consensus on reforms when the opposition and the treasury benches are not ready to tolerate each other.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2021.
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