ISLAMABAD
\nFollowing in the footsteps of its main rival, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the ruling coalition has also started exerting pressure on state institutions, and vowed to fight the \u201cdarkness of fascism\u201d.
\nOn the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz claimed the \u201cConstitution was being interpreted to benefit PTI Chairman Imran Khan\u201d.
\nThe ruling alliance, on Saturday, issued a declaration, demanding the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) constitute a full court of the Supreme Court to hear the petition against the Punjab chief minister election, calling it \u201can important national, political and constitutional matter\u201d.
\nThe declaration stated that the Constitution had drawn a clear line of authority between the legislature, judiciary, and the administration, which an \u201carrogant, anti-constitution and fascist\u201d person was trying to erase.
\nJoint statement says Imran \u2018creating chaos\u2019 to avoid accountability, hide corruption, and regain power through covert means
\nThe component parties of the ruling coalition, including the PML-N, PPP, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) among others, said in the declaration that they would not compromise on the Constitution, democracy, and the right of the people to rule.
\n\u201cAll the coalition parties will move forward together on every platform and in every field to eradicate the darkness of fascism,\u201d the document said.
\nThe joint statement said former premier Imran Khan was repeatedly creating chaos in politics to avoid accountability, conceal his corruption and regain power through covert means. \u201cHe (Imran) wants the system as well as the economy to go bankrupt,\u201d it alleged.
\nThe ruling parties said Mr Khan\u2019s mentality and behaviour were proving detrimental to the affairs of the state.
\nMoreover, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah in a statement said \u201ccourts\u2019 decisions are like open books\u201d for the people. He said the current political crisis had emerged after 25 votes polled in favour of the ruling coalition were rejected in the last election for the Punjab chief minister in April.
\nAlso, Punjab Home Minister Ataullah Tarar said the formation of a full court had now become all the more necessary in view of the constitutional crisis prevailing in the country\u2019s most populous province for the last several months.
\nPPP leader and federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman remarked that Friday\u2019s chief minister\u2019s election was in line with the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.
\n\u201cImran Khan is challenging the elections, but on what basis? Why is PTI forgetting that it was them that had gone to the Supreme Court with a presidential reference filed by President Arif Alvi in May to seek the interpretation of Article 63A, after which the SC decided that votes of dissident members of parliament would not be counted,\u201d she added.
\nShe said Imran Khan, ever-popular for his U-turns, was now at the SC\u2019s doorstep asking it to reinterpret Article 63A. \u201cThis isn\u2019t some back-and-forth game Imran Khan should be allowed to play. There is hope that a full bench of the Supreme Court will interpret this constitutional issue. It is hypocritical of the PTI now when the votes of 10 members of PML-Q have been rejected, to create uproar for the same decision taken during May this year. Imran Khan\u2019s job, it seems, is to protect his power and serve his unbridled narcissism,\u201d she lashed out, adding that in April, as the party chairman, he had directed Punjab MPAs to vote for Parvez Elahi.
\nNow, they could not suddenly say the head of the parliamentary party got to decide who the members voted for, she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Following in the footsteps of its main rival, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the ruling coalition has also started exerting pressure on state institutions, and vowed to fight the \u201cdarkness of fascism\u201d. On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz claimed the \u201cConstitution was being interpreted to benefit PTI Chairman Imran […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-273225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n