Rulers have put Constitution in danger: Haleem

Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has said the incumbent rulers have put the country’s Constitution in danger and people should foil their dark designs with their unity.

Haleem Adil Sheikh, along with the PTI leaders Aminullah Moosakhel, Rana Waseem, Imran Qureshi, Lala Owais Khan, Khadim Turk, Taimor Kerio, Azhar Haider, Adil Chandio, Owais Qaiser, and others reached the Hyderabad Bar Association on Saturday.

Sheikh congratulated the newly elected General Secretary Faisal Mughal and other office-bearers and presented them the gift of Ajrak.

Later while speaking to the media, he said a lawyer (Quaid-e-Azam) had struggled for the creation of Pakistan. “Today, dark clouds are hovering over the country’s Constitution and the state is facing threats,” he added. “The lawyers have to come forward to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution.”

Sheikh said that when an assembly is dissolved the Constitution says that elections should be held within 90 days. “The Election Commission of Pakistan has violated the order of Supreme Court by refusing to hold the election,” he added. “The ECP members should be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution.”

The PTI leader said that the lawyers have to play their role to save the country. “Pakistan has made a banana republic and those who have to save the state have become silent spectators,” he added.

Hyderabad Bar Association General Secretary Faisal Mughal said that the bar associations always worked for the supremacy of law and Constitution. The country should be run as per the Constitution.

He added that the bar associations could not remain silent over the prevailing situation. “We want law and order and supremacy of the Constitution,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th, 2023.