Dire warnings: Information minister warns the judiciary to stay in its limits
Memon said that his party believed in the rule of law and the parliament will not bow before anyone.
KARACHI:
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the judiciary should remain in its limits. “We have never taken orders from dictators nor will we ever take them from an autocratic judge,” he said.
According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) media cell on Tuesday, Memon said that if the PPP can face the dictators then it can also fight their ‘products’. He said that the legislation regarding contempt of court had not been drafted to dishonour anyone. “Every Pakistani has the right to speak the truth,” he was quoted as saying.
Memon said that his party believed in the rule of law and the parliament will not bow before anyone. “Those who are interested in politics should give up government jobs and contest elections,” the statement read.
Moreover, the outspoken minister also said that those, who accepted the ‘black laws’, hope for justice in vain. He also demanded accountability of people in power who allowed Pervez Musharraf to contest elections while still being an army chief.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 11th, 2012.
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the judiciary should remain in its limits. “We have never taken orders from dictators nor will we ever take them from an autocratic judge,” he said.
According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) media cell on Tuesday, Memon said that if the PPP can face the dictators then it can also fight their ‘products’. He said that the legislation regarding contempt of court had not been drafted to dishonour anyone. “Every Pakistani has the right to speak the truth,” he was quoted as saying.
Memon said that his party believed in the rule of law and the parliament will not bow before anyone. “Those who are interested in politics should give up government jobs and contest elections,” the statement read.
Moreover, the outspoken minister also said that those, who accepted the ‘black laws’, hope for justice in vain. He also demanded accountability of people in power who allowed Pervez Musharraf to contest elections while still being an army chief.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 11th, 2012.