ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will on Saturday submit their replies in the Supreme Court over apprehensions raised by parliamentarians’ over misrepresentation of army's support for their sit-ins.
PAT counsel Ali Zafar has confirmed to The Express Tribune that the party will submit reply over three questions, raised by senior parliamentarian Raza Rabbani before the five member bench of the apex court, headed by chief justice Nasirul Mulk.
“We have asked the parliamentarians that why they are raising these sensitive questions before the court rather than discussing it inside the parliament,” he further stated.
Representing Awami National Party (ANP) and Balochistan National Party (BNP)on September 10, Rabbani had expressed his apprehensions before the apex court. In reply to his apprehensions, the counsel raised three significant questions on the protests in the current political scenario.
The first question filed in apex court by Rabbani stated, “Whether any political party or any other group could ask constitutional office-bearers to disengage from office under threat of violence or use of force in violation of the Constitution.”
The second question raised was: “Whether any political leader can legitimately involve the Pakistan Army in his design to achieve his unconstitutional objectives by attempting to reassure his followers that army by a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ will determine the future course of his action.”
“Whether a political leader can misrepresent the support of Pakistan Army to their cause in public or private communications, thereby compromising the image of a national institution,” asked the third question.
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