‘Certified violator’: Maryam warns Imran against commenting on Constitution

State and institutions cannot act at the whims of ‘terrorists and fitna’, PML-N leader hits out at PTI chief

Maryam Nawaz, senior vice president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has hit back at deposed prime minister Imran Khan, saying that the state and institutions cannot act at the whims of “terrorists and fitna [mischief] like him”.

Her statement came after the PTI chairman apparently distanced his party from the ruling coalition’s demand to constitute a full Supreme Court bench on the Punjab elections delay case, saying “it makes no difference, whether a larger or full bench conducts hearing”.

He also accused the PDM government and its alleged handlers of attempting to subvert Constitution in a bid to delay elections in the country.

“Taking a name of a sacred object like Constitution by the ‘certified violator of constitution’ in the history of Pakistan is a disgusting joke,” she wrote on her official Twitter handle while referring to the PTI chief.

پاکستان کی تاریخ کے پہلے سرٹیفائیڈ آئین شکن کے منہ سے آئین جیسی مقدس شے کا نام لینا بھی گھناؤنا مذاق ہے۔ بات یہ کہ وہ سازش جو تم نے نئے سہولت کاروں کی مدد سے تیار کی تھی وہ پکڑ لی گئی ہے۔ ملک، ریاست اور ادارے تم جیسے دہشت گرد اور فتنے کے حکم پر نہیں چل سکتے۔اب چُپ کر کے بیٹھ جاؤ! https://t.co/RWiDiECjTE

— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) March 30, 2023

The ruling party leader alleged that the conspiracy that the PTI chief had hatched with the help of new facilitators has been caught.

“The country, the state and institutions cannot follow the orders of terrorists and fitna like you. So now sit down quietly!,” she maintained.

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Meanwhile, commenting on controversial legislation which seeks to clip powers of chief justice of Pakistan, Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq has said parliament has approved the new legislation and now the court is bound to follow the new law.

“The solution to the current crisis is nothing but a full court hearing. The matter will start from the point where it was sabotaged,” he wrote on Twitter.

پارلیمنٹ نىئ قانون سازی مکمل کر چکی
عدالت نئے قانون کیمطابق چلنے کی پابند ھے

موجو دہ بحران کا حل فُل کورٹ سماعت کے سوا کچھ نہیں
معاملہ وھیں سے شروع ھوگا جہاں سے بگاڑا گیا
محترم چیف جسٹس ادارے کی حُرمت اوراتھارٹی کی حفاظت کیلئے اپنی راۓ پر نظر ثانی کریں-
فُل کورٹ تشکیل دی جاۓ

— Khawaja Saad Rafique (@KhSaad_Rafique) March 30, 2023

The federal minister was referring to the coalition government’s demand to constitute Supreme Court’s full court bench in Punjab elections delay case.