PPP respects court decisions, even if they harm it: Sharjeel
Sindh Senior Minister for Information Sharjeel Inam Memon. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) respects court decisions, even though it has had to accept rulings that have harmed it.
The recent Supreme Court decision is ambiguous. It is at the federal government’s discretion whether to appeal this decision or not, but the decision seems to exhibit “Ladlaism” and “good to see you.”
Under this decision, constitutional bodies like the Election Commission of Pakistan had their orders bulldozed. Additionally, today’s decision has overturned the Peshawar High Court’s earlier ruling against the BRT project, which had been rejected by Justice Bandial.
Speaking to the media, Memon stated that the country is witnessing a political strategy of “Good to see you” and “Ladlaism.”
The Supreme Court of Pakistan in its verdict announced earlier during the day had said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was entitled to reserved seats and that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s decision to allocate reserved seats to the ruling coalition was unconstitutional. He expressed confusion following today’s Supreme Court verdict.
The information minister emphasized the need to uphold the law, not personal favourites, and indicated that legal experts from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would review the decision.
Commenting that the PPP had suffered the most from judicial decisions, Memon cited the example of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s unfair trial that the Supreme Court of Pakistan had admitted to 44 years after his execution.
The prinvicial minister also gave the example of President Asif Ali Zardari who remained in jail for around years without any conviction.
He added that previous decisions of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) were ‘bulldozed.”
He noted that Imran Khan appointed the Chief of the Election Commission. Imran Khan appeared in court in a Mercedes and said he was sorry.
He said that a PPP leader had been disqualified for concealing a family member but when the same matter arose for Imran Khan it was called a private matter.