Ephedrine case: Qadir Gilani criticises rejection of his brother’s, Shahabuddin’s bail pleas

Bail pleas would not have been rejected if fathers of the accused were holding courts, maintains Qadir.

ISLAMABAD: On a day  when newly elected MNA Abdul Qadir Gilani took his oath, criticised the cancellation of bail pleas of his brother Ali Musa Gilani and Textile Industries Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin in the Ephedrine quota case on Monday.

In a hint towards the Dr Arsalan Iftikhar case, Gilani said that the bails of Musa Gilani and Shahabuddin would not have been rejected if the courts were being held by the fathers of the accused, Express News reported.

Qadir, son of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani who was disqualified by the Supreme Court in a contempt court, also criticised the judicial system of the country.

He maintained that his father, who had strived for the supremacy of the parliament, was ousted ‘unconstitutionally, undemocratically and immorally’.

“But those who had celebrated the ouster of my father should feel ashamed now as I am here in this august House in the form of Yousaf Raza Gilani,” he commented, adding that his father was the only prime minister who had attended most of the Parliament House proceedings.

He urged the parliamentarians to unite to safeguard the supremacy of the parliament and avoid any desecration to it.

“We have to protect its supremacy. Is there any other institution superior to parliament?” he asked in his maiden speech after he took oath as an MNA. Gilani had been elected from NA-151 Multan – a seat vacated by the disqualification of his father.